Paul Léon JAZET (1848-1918)

Paul Léon JAZET (1848-1918)

Zouave and Alsatian
Oil on mahogany panel
Signed lower left and dated 1893
On the back, stamp of the colour dealer Dubus, active between 1877 and 1897.
Framed. Wooden frame

Format (panel): 35 x 26 cm
Format (frame): 47.5 x 39 cm

Painter of military subjects and genre scenes, born in Paris on 13 June 1848, son of the engraver Alexandre-Jean-Louis Jazet (1814-1897).
A pupil of Félix-Joseph Barrias, he made his debut in 1869 at the Paris Salon, of which he became a member in 1886.
He also illustrated books including History of the military academy of Saint-Cyr by an old saint-cyrien and Confession of a child of the century, by Alfred de Musset.