Jacques-Émile Blanche (Paris, January 31, 1861-Offranville, Upper Normandy, September 30, 1942) was a French painter.
He enjoyed an excellent cosmopolitan education, growing up in Passy in a house that once belonged to the princess of Lamballe, which still retained the atmosphere of 18th century refinement and elegance and influenced his taste and work. Although he received some painting training from Henri Gervex, he can be considered self-taught. He acquired great reputation as a portrait painter; His art derives from English and French sources, it is refined, sometimes super elegant, but full of character. Among his main works are portraits of his father, Marcel Proust, the poet Pierre Louÿs, the Thaulow family, Aubrey Beardsley and Yvette Guilbert.
