portrait of Koiriala, a young girl from Senegal signed Blanquer
Oil on Canvas portrait of Koiriala, a young girl from Senegal signed Blanquer lower right.
BLANQUER Jacques Born in Rivesaltes, died in 1932. French school.
Jacques léonard Blanquer has been a pupil of Guiraud in the Museum of Perpignan. In 1874 he became a pupil of Cabanel in Paris. He painted a famous portrait of the French poet Leconte de Lisle which can be seen in Versailles in the Trianon Museum. Back in Perpignan he became later, curator of the Museum.