Jean-André Rixens Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Jean-André Rixens
Early Life, Family and Training Jean-André Rixens was born in Saint-Gaudens, France, on 30 November 1846. He grew up in a household where his father worked as a master shoemaker, a practical trade that stood in quiet contrast to the artistic path his son would eventually follow. After finishing his basic education, Jean-André Rixens moved toward formal training, enrolling in 1860 at the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Toulouse. Duri
ng these early years, he had to support himself, finding work by painting commercial signs and making copies of existing artworks to pay his tuition. His talent eventually led him from Toulouse to the École des beaux-arts de Paris. It was there that he studied under the military history painter Adolphe Yvon, a period that helped shape his understanding of composition and subject matter. While living and studying in Paris, he also spen…