Jean Dupas
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Jean Théodore Dupas was a French painter, designer, poster artist, and decorator whose work is considered the utmost example of Art Nouveau
and Art Deco
visual arts.
in 1910. His personal style ranges from academic and/or neoclassicism
.
Dupas has worked in various exponents of the Nouveau and Deco areas, such as the fashion magazine Vogue
and Harper's Bazaar
. In 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
in Paris, he showed Les Perruches, one of his most famous oil on canvas. In 1927, with the aide of the famous French printing house Draeger, he conceived one of the masterpieces of printed advertising, a catalogue for the fur company Max.
A famous quote expressing his predilection for big tasks: « The greater is my work, the happy I am ». Thus his collaboration in the decor of famous steamships during the 1930s, emphasizing the Art Deco
mode of the time. Among these works, the SS Île-de-France and the SS Liberté were among the first. But in 1935, with the help of glass master Champigneulle, he decorated the grand salon of the Normandie, in more than 400 square meters of painted and frosted glass.
He became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
in 1941.
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
and Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
visual arts.
Life
He won the prix de RomePrix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
in 1910. His personal style ranges from academic and/or neoclassicism
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
.
Dupas has worked in various exponents of the Nouveau and Deco areas, such as the fashion magazine Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
and Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
. In 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
The International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts was a World's fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925. The term "Art Deco" was derived by shortening the words Arts Décoratifs, in the title of this exposition, but not until the late 1960s by British art critic...
in Paris, he showed Les Perruches, one of his most famous oil on canvas. In 1927, with the aide of the famous French printing house Draeger, he conceived one of the masterpieces of printed advertising, a catalogue for the fur company Max.
A famous quote expressing his predilection for big tasks: « The greater is my work, the happy I am ». Thus his collaboration in the decor of famous steamships during the 1930s, emphasizing the Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
mode of the time. Among these works, the SS Île-de-France and the SS Liberté were among the first. But in 1935, with the help of glass master Champigneulle, he decorated the grand salon of the Normandie, in more than 400 square meters of painted and frosted glass.
He became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Académie des beaux-arts
The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1795 as the merger of the:* Académie de peinture et de sculpture...
in 1941.
Works
- Frescos of the Saint-Esprit church, Paris
- Frescos of the d'Albert dans la Somme church
- Palais royal de Bucarest
- Collège Saint Louis, Paris
- Frescos of the Claude Monet school, Paris
- Great frescos of the La vigne et le vin, in the Aquitaine museum, Bordeaux
- Two frescos in the viewing room at the Bordeaux Stock Market Exchange
- La femme en rouge (1927), Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris
- La fontaine italienne (1926), Musée de Beauvais
- Le char de l'aurore. This last panel constitute of Normandie which was exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
in the 2005 exhibition, Art Deco Paris. Today is housed at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. - Musée Antoine-Lécuyer, Saint Quentin
- Musée des arts décoratifs, Bordeaux
Sources
- Jacqueline du Pasquier, Bordeaux Art Déco, Éditions Somogy, 1997
- Affiches de Jean Dupas. Catalogue de l'exposition, Bordeaux, 1987
- Les Pages d'or de l'édition française, Mairie de Paris, 1988
- Patricia Bayer, Art déco. Le livre, Éditions Florilège, 1988
- Louis René Vian, Les Arts décoratifs à bord des paquebots français, Éditions Fonmare, 1992