Painter
Jules Scalbert
1851 - 1933
Jules Scalbert was a painter born in Douai on 9 August 1851 and died in Paris on 22 November 1933.
He was a student of Isidore Pils (1815-1875) and Henri Lehmann (1814-1882). He depicted historical and genre scenes, allegorical subjects, figures and flowers, painted in oils or drawn in pastels. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1876. He was a member of the Sociétaire des Artistes Français from 1883. He received an honourable mention in 1889, as well as third-class medals in 1891 and 1901.