title: Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier
text: # Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier
  
  Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier (c. 1860–1905/06) was a French painter.
  
  ## Life
  
  Caucannier was born in Paris in about 1860. He studied under Isidore Pils, Jules Frédéric Ballavoine and Jules Lefebvre.
  
  He painted portraits and genre paintings in oils: an example of the latter is Jeune femme aux glycines (Young woman with wisteria'), now in a private collection. He exhibited a number of genre paintings at the Paris Salon between 1880 and 1905, including: La Femme de Potiphar ('Potiphar's Wife'), La Fourmi ('The Ant') and L'Araignée ('The Spider'). He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1883. According to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, "His body of work is at times somewhat sickly-sweet, but nonetheless demonstrates an ability to capture light effects."
  
  He died in Paris in 1905 or 1906.
  
  