Jules Cavailles (20 June 1901,
Carmaux – 29 January 1977,
Épineuil) was a French painter.
Biography
He started as a technical draughtsman during which time he met “le pere Artigue” - who was a friend of the famous
pointillist
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artist
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– and who encouraged him to go to Paris to study fine art. In 1925 he enrolled at the
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
and he began exhibiting at the various Parisian
Salon
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* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
* Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
Arts and entertainment
* Salon (P ...
s from 1928 – the
Société des Artistes Français,
Société des Artistes Indépendants
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and
Salon d'Automne. To fund his studies he opened a small chemist shop. He was soon invited to participate at the
Salon des Tuileries and in 1936 he organised the 14th exhibition of the Artistes de ce temps in the Petit-Palais. In the same year he received the prestigious Grant Blumenthal and he was soon awarded the commission to decorate the Pavilion of Languedoc for the Exposition Universelle. He was part of a group of artists called “La Realite Poetique”.
His artistic style is characterised by the juxtaposition of pure colour, derived from an interpretation of fauvist painting which was less interested in the early Fauve artists’ search for intensity and dynamism than a simple expression of ‘joie de vivre’.
He worked in oils, gouache, and pastel, and his subject matter featured figures,
portraits,
nude
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s,
still life
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s,
flowers,
landscape
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s, and
animals.
His work is represented in many leading collections and
museums, including the
Modern Art Museum Museums of modern art listed alphabetically by country.
Argentina
* Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (MALBA)
* Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (MAMBA)
Australia
*Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney
...
centrepompidou
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and the museums in Toulouse, Albi, Marseilles
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, Chicago, and Helsinki.
References
External links
Jules Cavailles Research Center
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1901 births
1977 deaths
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French male painters
Académie Julian alumni