Jacques Démoulin

Jacques Démoulin
Démoulin, Jacques Henri Emile
Born(1905-12-07)December 7, 1905
Bohain, France
Died(1991-11-29)November 29, 1991
Acquigny, France
NationalityFrench
Known forPainter
MovementCubism, Expressionism
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Jacques Démoulin (7 December 1905, in Bohain – 29 November 1991, in Acquigny),[1] was a French ballet dancer and painter.

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ "Search Results for Jacques Démoulin". Oxfordartonline.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Jacques Henri Emile DEMOULIN Base de données des décès de l'insee". Geneafrance.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Hommage au peintre Jacques Demoulin". Letelegramme.fr. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

Notes

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  • Bénézit 2011: Démoulin, Henri Émile Jacques
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