Jacques Démoulin
Jacques Démoulin (7 December 1905, in Bohain – 29 November 1991, in Acquigny),[1] was a French ballet dancer and painter.
Jacques Démoulin | |
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 Démoulin, Jacques Henri Emile | |
| Born | December 7, 1905 Bohain, France |
| Died | November 29, 1991 Acquigny, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Cubism, Expressionism |
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Biography
In 1923 after three years of evening drawing lessons at the school of the city of Paris, he entered the school of applied arts. Genre scenes, landscapes, still-lifes, flowers, portraits. Jacques Démoulin studied at the École des Arts Appliqués and the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and under Bernard Naudin and Jules Adler.[2]
From 1924, he began his career as a painter.
In 1926, he also took classes at the theater workshop directed by Charles Dullin. After a few roles, he discovered dance thanks to Anna Stephann and left the theater to devote himself to a career as a dancer.
In 1929 he joined the troupe of the Russian Opera in Paris, then the Paris Opera where he danced in most of the ballets directed by Serge Lifar[3] (Sergei Diaghilev troupe).
He remained at the Opera for 13 years, while continuing his work as a painter and press illustrator. From 1952 he moved from neo-cubism to expressionism in pictorially. He met many personalities of Arts and Letters such as Picasso, Louis Leiris, Picabia and especially H. D. Kahnveiller with whom he spent his holidays. A unionized dancer, he fights and obtains equal pay for dancers.
In 1953, while on vacation in Morbihan, he discovered the burial mounds of Gravrini (-3000 BC) and in particular the engraved stones, which would notoriously influence his work for many years.
In 1970 settled in Normandy, he became a member of the UAP SER.
References
- "Search Results for Jacques Démoulin". Oxfordartonline.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- "Jacques Henri Emile DEMOULIN Base de données des décès de l'insee". Geneafrance.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- "Hommage au peintre Jacques Demoulin". Letelegramme.fr. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
Notes
- Bénézit 2011: Démoulin, Henri Émile Jacques
External links
- Démoulin - Union des Arts Plastiques de Saint Etienne du Rouvray Jacques Démoulin; uapser.org (Union des Arts Plastiques de Saint Etienne du Rouvray)
- Jacques Démoulin; artland
- DANSE ET PEINTURE: Jacques Demoulin (1905-1991), p.32; pdf; passeursdedanse.fr
