Jean gabriel domergue biography
Jean-Gabriel Domergue
French painter (1889–1962)
Jean-Gabriel Domergue | |
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Domergue with Cécile Sorel in 1933 | |
| Born | (1889-03-04)March 4, 1889 Bordeaux, France |
| Died | November 16, 1962(1962-11-16) (aged 73) Paris, France |
| Education | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Portraits of Parisian women |
| Awards | Prix de Rome, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Fellow of the Academy of Fine Arts |
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889[1] – 16 November 1962[2]) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women.
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Biography
Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome.[2] From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits,[3] and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up".[citation needed] He also designed clothes for the couturier Paul Poiret.
From 1955 until 1962 he was the Jean-Gabriel Domergue - Artnet BAJI