Paul Chocarne-Moreau

Paul Chocane-Moreau was a French painter, born in Dijon on October 31, 1855 in a family of artists. His father is a painting teacher and he is a nephew of Father Victor Chocarne, as well as the cousin of the sculptors Mathurin, Hyppolyte and Auguste Moreau.
Paul Chocarne entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was a student of Tony Robert-Fleury and William Bouguereau. He began at the Salon of French artists in 1882 and exhibited there quite regularly from that date under the name of Paul Chocarne-Moreau. In 1900 he obtained a 2nd class medal.

Paul Chocane-Moreau, French painter, born in Dijon on October 31, 1855 in a family of artists. His father is a painting teacher and he is a nephew of Father Bernard Chocarne and Father Victor Chocarne, as well as the cousin of the sculptors Mathurin, Hyppolyte and Auguste Moreau.
Paul Chocarne entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was successively a pupil of Tony Robert-Fleury and William Bouguereau. He began at the Salon of French artists in 1882 and exhibited there quite regularly from that date under the name of Paul Chocarne-Moreau. In 1900 he obtained a 2nd class medal there and went into exhibition. He received the Legion of Honour in 1906.

Chocarne-Moreau specializes in genre painting. It represents sketches of Parisian life, the heroes of which are generally facetious young boys from working-class backgrounds: young apprentice pastry chefs, chimney sweeps, altar boys, schoolchildren.
He painted works such as “On the Barricade” which he exhibited at the 1909 Salon. He has been seen as a precursor of Norman Rockwell.