Jean Despujols
Jean Despujols (Salles en Gironde 19 March 1886-Shreveport, 1965) was a French, later naturalised American, painter. He was a pupil of Paul Quinsac at the école des Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux. In 1914 he won the Prix de Rome for painting but the outbreak of World War I suspended the French residencies at the villa Médicis.
Jean Despujols
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- Born
- 1886 · Gironde.
- Died
- 1965 · Shreveport.
- Nationality
- France · United States
- Occupation
- painter · writer
- Movements
- return to order · Art Deco
- Education
- école des beaux-arts de Bordeaux · Beaux-Arts de Paris · French Academy in Rome
- Teachers
- Paul François Quinsac · Gabriel Ferrier
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Jean Despujols (Salles en Gironde 19 March 1886-Shreveport, 1965) was a French, later naturalised American, painter. He was a pupil of Paul Quinsac at the école des Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux. In 1914 he won the Prix de Rome for painting but the outbreak of World War I suspended the French residencies at the villa Médicis.
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He had his stay in Rome after the war with his fellow painter Jean Dupas. His associations with America began in 1924-1936 as a teacher of the American art students sent to study at the École des Beaux-Arts de Fontainebleau. In 1936, he won the Prix de l'Indochine, and was selected by the Grand Conseil Economique of French Indochina to undertake a tour of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos painting and drawing what he saw. When World War II broke out he emigrated to America, settling in Louisiana, and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport. The Texas oil millionaire Algur H. Meadows acquired a 360-piece collection of oil paintings and watercolors in 1969 and the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana was built to house these paintings.
Jean Despujols studied at école des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Paul François Quinsac and Gabriel Ferrier is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Jean Dupas is recorded as an influence. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
Jean Despujols is recorded as having received Prix de Rome.
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1886
Jean Despujols born at Gironde.
1965
Jean Despujols died at Shreveport.
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Jean Despujols is recorded as having studied at école des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
Earth in Flower: The Divine Mystery of the Cambodian Dance Drama (2nd ed., 2014). Author: Paul Cravath. Publisher: DatAsia Press (ISBN 9781934431290). Art: Saèm, première danseuse en tenue de fête by Jean Despujols (1937). Painted on the Rainbow Bridge at Angkor Wat, Saem holds her hand in the kbach (gesture) symbolizing a flower. Original painting in the Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College
Book design by DatAsia Press · Original front book cover from the publication "Earth in Flower" (ISBN 9781934431290). Published by DatAsia Press. I am the owner and publisher of DatAsia Press.
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Jean Despujols studied at école des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. He trained under Paul François Quinsac and Gabriel Ferrier. His recorded influences include Jean Dupas.
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