Jules Migonney (22 February 1876 – 5 July 1929) was a French painter and engraver known for his portraits and Orientalist scenes.

Life and work

He was born in Bourg-en-Bresse. His parents were originally from Ornans. After completing his studies at the prestigious in his hometown, he enrolled at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon, where he was a student of . He then studied with

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in Paris, and worked in the studios of

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. He also collaborated with

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, Charles Dufresne and Léon Cauvy. In 1909, he was awarded the Abd-el-Tif prize. From 1909 to 1911, and again from 1912 to 1924, he travelled throughout Algeria; being best remembered for his scenes portraying the people and places of Kabylie and his studies of

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culture. His work was interrupted from 1914 to 1918, when he served in the French Army, and there is a distinct difference in his pre- and post-war styles, the latter being more subtle. After 1925, his health began to decline, and he became increasingly dissatisfied with his work. He committed suicide in Paris in 1929, leaving a note that said "J'ai tout sacrifié à l'art, il me tue" ("I sacrificed everything to art, it has killed me"). Many of his works may be seen at museums in

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, Bourg-en-Bresse, and at the

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Selected paintings

File:Migonney-Beauty.jpg, ''A Kabyle Woman'' File:Migonney-Bath.jpg, ''Moorish Bath'', 1911 File:Migonney-Puy.jpg, ''Portrait of the painter,

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'', c. 1910 File:Migonney-Berber.jpg, ''Two

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Women'', 1910

Sources

* Tristan Klingsor, "Jules Migonney", In: ''l'Art et les Artistes'', Paris, January, 1926 * Léon Deshairs, ''Jules Migonney'', Paris, Éditions Albert Levy, 1931 * Élisabeth Cazenave, ''La Villa Abd el Tif, un demi-siècle de vie artistique en Algérie'', Association Abd el-Tif, 1998 pgs. 280–284, * Élisabeth Cazenave, ''Les Artistes de l'Algérie, dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, 1830–1962'', Bernard Giovanangeli Éditeur, 2001

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@ Patrimoine de l'Ain {{DEFAULTSORT:Migonney, Jules 1876 births 1929 deaths 19th-century French painters French portrait painters French orientalists People from Bourg-en-Bresse Artists who died by suicide 1929 suicides 20th-century French painters Suicides in France