Jean-Marie Villard

Jean-Marie Villard (; 3 January 1828 in Ploaré, Finistère – 16 August 1899 in Ploaré) was a French-Breton painter and photographer.

Biography His father was a carpenter and contractor, who wanted his son to be an intellectual, but Jean was more interested in drawing with charcoal in the workshop. He attended primary school in Douarnenez and secondary school in Quimper, then enrolled at the Normal School in Rennes.

After receiving his teaching certificate, he obtained his first job in Pouldergat in 1847, The Halt, 1877. This painting depicts two riders halting in front of a row of houses where there was an inn and the chapel of Petit-Guélen in Ergué-Armel; Les Rochers de Kerleguer, [near Douarnenez], 1878.

Location unknown The Railway Worker, 1885, 70 x 95 cm. Woman on the Path to Plomarc'h, 1890, 47 x 31 cm.

Critical reception — Max Jacob