Windy Day, Place de la Concorde, c. 1890

Poster © 2025 McGaw Graphics, Inc. About the ArtistJean B√©raud (born January 12, 1849 in Saint Petersburg; died October 4, 1935 in Paris) was a French Impressionist painter and commercial artist. Jean B√©raud: The Milliner on the Champs Elys√©es Jean B√©raud: The Milliner on the Champs Elys√©es B√©raud's father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site of St. Isaac's Cathedral at the time of his son's birth. B√©raud's mother was one Genevi√®ve Eug√©nie Jacquin; following the death of B√©raud's father, the family moved to Paris. B√©raud was in the process of being educated as a lawyer until the occupation of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. B√©raud became a student of L√©on Bonnat, and exhibited his paintings at the Salon for the first time in 1872. However, he did not gain recognition until 1876, with his On the Way Back from the Funeral. He exhibited with the Society of French Watercolorists at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. He painted ma