Pierre-André Brouillet

André Brouillet was hailed as "one of the most significant representatives of Belle Epoque art in France" by Philippe Bata, former Chief curator and Director of the Poitiers museums. The young painter trained first with Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1877, and then with Jean-Paul Laurens.His two teachers supported him at the early years of his career. André Brouillet received a scholarship from the Vienne Department. He started exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1879 and obtained an honorable mention in 1881. His wife, Emma Brouillet (1850-1918) born Isaac, from a Constantine family, exhibited there twice. The Brouillet couple spent times in Algeria, that inspired the painter. André Brouillet received a travel grant in 1884 and a third class medal at the Paris Salon. He devoted himself to the realistic descriptions of the lives of his contemporaries (aristocrats, peasants and workers). His contributions sent to successive Salons and Great Exhibitions were rewarded and highly praised.