Jean Puy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Puy

French painter

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1876

Place of Birth: Roanne, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1960

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jean Puy

  • Jean Puy (8 November 1876 in Roanne, Loire – 6 March 1960 in Roanne) was a French Fauvist artist.
  • He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'AcadĂ©mie Julian between 1897 and 1898.
  • He met Henri Matisse and other like-minded artists when he transferred to the l'AcadĂ©mie Carrière in 1899.
  • He exhibited his work in 1901, then in an Impressionist style, at the Salon des IndĂ©pendants; later, as a Fauvist, he exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne.L'Illustration related the Salon d'Automne "scandal" and published reproductions of several paintings dubbed Fauve, among which Jean Puy's Flânerie sous les pins (Strolling through pine woods), together with Louis Vauxcelles' comment: "Mr.
  • Puy, whose nude at the seashore reminds us of CĂ©zanne's wide schematism, is presenting outdoor scenes where the volumes of things and beings are strongly established." Colors! Engaging, captivating, bewitching, coaxing, entrancing, ravishing colors! It seems we'll never stop feasting our eyes on them… (Jean Puy)

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