Jean Morax (16 September 1869 – 11 May 1939) was a painter, theater decorator and draftsman from the

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Biography

A pupil of Édouard Castres in Geneva then of

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in Paris, Jean Morax shared his life between Paris, Florence and Switzerland. He exhibited his paintings influenced by the

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in Geneva, notably at the National Exhibition (1896), in Paris (bronze medal at the

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) and in Munich (1905). With his brother

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, he created the

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in 1903; There, he designed costumes, sets and posters, especially for ''Henriette'' (1908), ''Tell'' (1914), ''

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'' (1921), and ''La belle de Moudon''. (1931). He created the costumes of the 1905

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Sources

Jean Morax (1869-1939)
on Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne * * Notabilités vaudoises 1933, p. 67 * Marcus Osterwalder ''Dictionnaire des illustrateurs''.Marcus Osterwalder ''Dictionnaire des illustrateurs''
/ref> * ''Patrie suisse'', 1917, No 610 p. 26-27 * ''Patrie suisse'', 1903, No 252, p. 119-121 * photo Thibault, Morges ''Patrie suisse'', (E. de B.) 1902, No 216, p. 5-8 * DBAS, 742 * Yvan Schwab, René Morax, un théâtre pour le peuple, 2003 * DTS, 1272-1273

References

External links

Photo - Jean Morax
on notrehistoire.ch
Historique, Le Théâtre du Jorat

Short biography

''Voilier sur le Léman'' (painting)

Jean Morax, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Swiss Theater Poster
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morax, Jean 20th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters 1869 births People from Morges 1939 deaths 20th-century Swiss male artists