Jacques Thévenet (17 October 1891 – 5 April 1989) was a French painter and illustrator.

Early life and education

Jacques Thévenet was born in Montquin, Dommartin township,

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(17 October 1891) in the family’s ancestral home, built by his great grand-father, Auguste Hugues Claude Thévenet, lawyer from Château-Chinon. He had 3 sisters and lost his mother in 1895 when he was only four. His father Louis moved the family to

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where he run a law practice. Young Jacques studied at the

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and later attended the ''École de droit'' of the ''Sorbonne University''. Simultaneously, he attended the

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, with several painters such as Amédée de la Patellière, Jean Crotti,

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. In 1912 he was deployed to Nancy for the military service and mobilized for service within the ''11e division d’Infanterie/Division de fer'' to fight at the

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after which he was awarded a medal and a ''petit galon d’or''.

Interwar years

Thévenet and his father joined the Liberation celebrations in the

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11 November 1918. It was then when he discarded the idea of taking over his father’s law practice. "''I was to the point of no return''", he later recalled. In 1919 he joined the workshop of interior designer Marcel Mathelin, where he learned new techniques and art forms such as ink, lithography, costume projects for theater and cinema, fashion sketches and shop displays. In 1920 he married Marcel’s daughter, Paule, and the couple had two children: Renée (1921) and Pierre (1925). He became partner at his stepfather’s business. Interested in theatre and cinema, Thévenet took reading lessons at the Théâtre du Vieux Colombier under theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist

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. He met filmmaker

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at the ''Pathé'' Production company in the

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Paris debut

In 1922 he made his debut at the

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, along with

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and

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. He then started exhibiting regularly at the Salons and Galleries of Paris and became a member of the Salon d’Automne. Influenced by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, his preferred subjects were still lifes and figures. Also in 1922 he met art critic Roger Allard, director of luxury editions at publishing company Èditions Gallimard, run by

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. Allard introduced him to writers

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ), was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. Born in Lyon to an French nobility, aristocratic ...

Jules Romains Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cyc ...

, Jacques de Lacretelle,

Roger Martin du Gard Roger Martin du Gard (; 23 March 1881 – 22 August 1958) was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature. Biography Trained as a paleographer and archivist, he brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous ...

Léon-Paul Fargue Léon-Paul Fargue (, 4 March 187624 November 1947) was a French poet and essayist. He was born in Paris, France, on rue Coquilliére. As a poet he was noted for his poetry of atmosphere and detail. His work spanned numerous literary movements. ...

, among others, with whom he collaborated throughout his life. In 1923 he worked with Abel Gance in the film "''

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''". In 1926 he traveled around

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, in

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, with writer André Maurois. In 1927 art critic Robert Rey wrote positively about Thévenet in the "''Europe Nouvelle''". In May 1930 he visited writer Jean Giono in

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and the two became friends.

Marseille years

In 1932 he visited

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to attend his exhibition at the ''Pol Le Roy'' gallery. His friends

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, composer

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and his wife, concert pianist Andrée Vaurabourg, attended the exhibition which was a great success. So much so, he settled at a studio located at 12 Quai de Rive-Neuve, in the old port, where he stayed until 1942. Giono introduced him to writer and filmmaker

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's ...

who shot the film ''Manon des Sources'' in

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. In 1933 Giono visited Thévenet in Montquin. In 1936 he met poet, dramatist, and diplomat

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in Marseille. The two became friends and Claudel visited Thévenet in Montquin in 1939. This year Thévenet fell ill and went to the

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to convalescence. At this time, he made drawings to illustrate the

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. In 1939 Giono wrote a positive review about him in ''

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''. In February 1940,

exhibited Thévenet’s paintings at his Parisian flat, which was a big success. All the paintings were sold. While in Paris, his friend artist

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introduced Thévenet to painter, sculptor and designer Henry de Waroquier, film director and writer André Heuzé, painter and interior designer Valdo Barbey, and interior designer Raymond Subes. In 1940, Roger Allard introduced Thévenet to editors Guy Schoeller and young Robert Laffont. Around this time, several personalities and collectors purchased paintings direct from Thévenet in his Marseille studio, namely: actor and entertainer

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, painter

, Prince

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, and banker, writer, and filmmaker

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. During the

occupation he returned there for business only. The War marked a period of less artistic activity and higher introspection. Roger Allard dedicated one edition of his "''Masters of tomorrow''" series to Thévenet. In it, he wrote: "''Jacques Thévenet has painted hundreds of canvases, none of which is similar or meaningless because none is a lie or a pretension, and each one, with its own charm, has that family resemblance that distinguishes well-born painting. Jacques Thevenet's art is not that of a man in a hurry. His drawings have the easy way of conversation.''"

After World War II

After 1945 Thévenet was very active as a painter and an illustrator. He portrayed his friends

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and

. He started spending four months in his ancestral home and the rest of the year in his Parisian studio. In 1947 he traveled to

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and joined the "''Groupe d’Émulation Artistique du Nivernais''", and provided illustrations for the exhibition catalogues. In 1951 he did the interior deco for businessman Charles Scheneider’s office. In 1953 he traveled with Giono around

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(

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) and

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(

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and

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). In the Summer of 1957, the two returned to

again, to gather drawings and illustrations for Giono and

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. In 1954 he started his collaboration with " Livre de Poche", to illustrate book covers. In 1964, he was the guest of honor of the ''Société Creusotine des Beaux-Arts''.

The Morvan

Later on in life, Thévenet became involved in the development of the arts in the

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. He helped to bring value to local painters which in the first half of the 20th century formed the School of

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: * Albert Montmerot (Autun 1902 – Couches 1942) * Alice Grillot (Autun 1877–1969) * André Dulaurens (Autun 1918–1988) * Claude Pallot (Le Creusot 1901–1987) * Estelle Nectoux (Mesvres 1905 – Autun 1995) * Étienne de Martenne (Lyon 1868 – Paris 1920) * Jean Charlot (Bourges 1921 – Uchon 1970) * Louis Charlot (Cussy-en-Morvan 1878 – Uchon 1951) * Lucien Labille (Dracy-Saint-Loup 1887 – La Comelle 1944) * Lucien Séevagen (Chaumont 1887 – Île de Bréhat 1959) * Maxime Simon (Paris 1879 – Eaubonne 1941) * Paul Louis Nigaud (Digoin 1895 – Autun 1937) * Pierre Bressoud (Beaune 1916 – Villeneuve-la-Garenne 1979) * Raymond Rochette (Le Creusot 1906–1993) * Yvone Fiot-Thiéblemont (Autun 1898 – Montsauche-Les-Settons 1998) Writer Joseph Pasquet invited him to the foundation of the "''Académie du Morvan''" 15 July 1967. The event took place in

and several personalities attended: statesman

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, doctor and politician Léon Bondoux, law professor Jules Basdevan, historian, and archivist

Régine Pernoud Régine Pernoud (17 June 1909, Château-Chinon (Ville), Château-Chinon, Nièvre – 22 April 1998, Paris) was a French historian and archivist. Pernoud was one of the most prolific medievalists in 20th century France; more than any other single ...

, writer, editor, and art critic Henri Perruchot, writer and journalist Joseph Bruley, writer and professor Jean Chatelain, businessman Louis-Philippe Bondoux, alongside the three directors: doctor and archaeologist Lucien Olivier, engineer Henri Desbruères and professor and linguist Claude Régnier. In 1972, the library of

organized a tribute to him by presenting his works. His conference for the occasion resulted into "''Un peintre du livre et ses modèles''". Jean Séverin wrote an article about him in the "''Journal du Centre''", a publication active in

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since 1944. In 1973, the town of

dedicated one room of its museum to Jacques Thévenet. The "''Journal du centre''" published an article about him titled "''The Morvan from the point of view of a painter''" In 1975, in an interview with Yvonne Carré, Thévenet described his love for the Morvan region: "''I used to hear people say that the Morvan was not a nature for painters, that it lacked color, that all its land full of forests, all these fields surrounded by hedges, made it a dark country, with no warmth. But it is this very character that first attracted me.''" In 1978 "''Vivre en Bourgogne''" published an interview with Thévenet by journalist Marcel Barbotte. He died on April 5, 1989 in his Parisian studio at 3 Auguste Comte. His works can be found in private collections and museums such as the

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, the

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, New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the

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, the Museum of Fine Arts, Reims, and the

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Paris salons and exhibitions

* 1921 Salon d'Automne. * 1922

("''Selfportrait''") and Salon des échanges in the Galerie La Licorne, Paris. * 1923 Galerie

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, with Pierre Bompard,

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, :es:Amédée de la Patellière, André Dignimont and André Villeboeuf. * 1923 Galerie Berthe Weill, rue Lafitte, solo exhibition introductory notes in the catalogue by Roger Allard. * 1923 Salon des échanges, in the Galerie de la Licorne. * 1924

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and Galerie Nouvel Essor, Paris. * 1925 Galerie de l'Étoile, Paris. One solo exhibition and another one with Yves and Charlotte Alix. * 1927 Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Paris and Galerie Seligman in New York. * 1928, 1961 and 1965 Galerie

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, "Quatre salons", Paris. * 1931 Galerie Marseille, quai Voltaire in Paris. * 1932 Galerie Pol Le Roy, Marseille. * 1933 Galerie Da Silva, Paris. * 1935 Galerie du Radeau, quai de Rive-Neuve, Marseille (with Moïse Kisling,

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and Auguste Chabaud). * 1937, 1938 and 1954 Galerie Pétridès, Paris. * 1940 In Paul Claudel’s flat, at no 4 Avenue Hoche in Paris. * 1943 Galerie Lefranc et Engrand, Paris. * 1944 and 1945 Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris. * 1946 and 1951

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, Paris, prefaces of the catalogues by Louise de Vilmorin and Germaine Beaumont, respectively. * 1947 Galerie Jacquart, Paris, paintings and watercolors from Morocco. * 1954 Galerie Pétridès, Paris. * 1957 Galerie Pol Le Roy, Marseille, Jean Giono writes the preface. * 1958 Galerie des Capucines, Paris. * 1969 Galerie André, Paris. * 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, and 1984 Galerie des Orfèvres, Paris. * 1974 Maison de la culture in Nevers. * 1979 Galerie Varine-Gincourt, Paris.

Illustrations

* 1920

, "Un de Baumugnes", Ed Les Bibliophiles in Latin America. * 1922 Maurice Genevoix, "Rémi des Roches", Ed La Belle Édition, Paris. * 1927 Bernard Barbey, "La Maladère", Édition Les Exemplaires, preface by François Mauriac. * 1927

André Maurois André Maurois (; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author. Biography Maurois was born on 26 July 1885 in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, both in Normandy. A member of ...

, "Bernard Quesnay", Ed De la Nouvelle Revue Française. * 1928

, "Jean Barois". Ed N.R.F. * 1930

, "Un des Baumugnes", Ed Les Bibliophiles de l'Amérique latine. * 1933

, "Regain", Ed Les Bibliophiles de Provence. * 1944

Henry de Montherlant Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (; 20 April 1895 – 21 September 1972) was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Biography Born in Paris, a descendant of ...

, "Un incompris", Ed N.R.F. * 1946

, "Les Thibault", Ed Gallimard. * 1947

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...

, "Bella-Vista", Éditions de la Galerie Charpentier. * 1948

André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French writer and author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his begi ...

, "Récits, Romans, Soties", Ed N.R.F. * 1948

, "L'Immoraliste"; La porte étroite; Les Cent Une. * 1950

, "Œuvres Complètes", * 1950

Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (; 29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest ...

, "La Vouivre", Ed La Belle Édition de Paris. * 1952

, "Poésie, Journal, Souvenirs", Ed Gallimard. * 1954

, "Manon des Sources", Editions de Provence. * 1955

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; ; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His wo ...

, "Œuvres Romanesques", Éditions Grasset. * 1956

Rosamond Lehmann Rosamond Nina Lehmann (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990) was an English novelist and translator. Her first novel, '' Dusty Answer'' (1927), was a ''succès de scandale''; she subsequently became established in the literary world, and intimat ...

, "Intempéries", Ed Livre de Poche. () * 1956

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with th ...

, "Cyrano de Bergerac"; Ed Paul André Vial. * 1956 Elizabeth Goudge, "L'Auberge du Pèlerin", Ed Livre de Poche. * 1957

Mary Webb Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her ...

, "Sarn", Ed Livre de Poche. * 1957 Charles Morgan, "Fontaine", Ed Livre de Poche. * 1957

, "Jean le Bleu", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1957

, "Provence", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1957 Édouard Peisson, "Hans le marin", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1958 Maurice Genevoix, "Rémi des Rauches", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1959 Édouard Peisson, "La Mer Baltique", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1959

, "Les Thibault", Ed Livre de Poche. * 1959 André Taminau, "Dormir aux Granges", Chassaing à Nevers. * 1960

Jules Renard Pierre-Jules Renard (; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works ''Poil de carotte'' (Carrot Top, 1894) and ''Les Histoires Naturelles'' (Nature Stories, 1896). Among ...

, "Nos frères farouches", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1960

, "Journal, textes choisis", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1960

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...

, "Le Retour d'Imray-Récits insolites", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1960 Henri Beraud, "Au Capucin Gourmand", Ed La Belle Édition. * 1960

, "Colline", Ed Livre de Poche. * 1963

Alain-Fournier Henri-Alban Fournier (; 3 October 1886 – 22 September 1914),Mémoire des hommes
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