Emile Compard
Émile François Jacques Compard (born October 13, 1900 in Paris , † June 29, 1977 in Nogent-sur-Marne ) was a contemporary French painter .
He attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris , the Académie Julian and the Académie cubiste d'Araujo.
In his first (figurative) period, Émile Compard was influenced by Pierre Bonnard , whose friend he was, and with whom he exchanged paintings. He painted nudes and landscapes, and the automobile also fascinated him. In 1937 he realized a large decoration for the world exhibition in Paris .
He regularly visited Brittany ( Le Faouët in the 1920s, then Doëlan from 1936). The critic Félix Fénéon defended him, Henri Matisse recognized him.
Compard knew a second, very different period: enthusiastic about philosophy and influenced by Daoism , after 1946 he oriented himself in the direction of non-configuration and became the main exponent of French abstract painting in the post-war period. Pierre Tal-Coat (1905–1985), Georges Mathieu and Jean Degottex were among his friends. The writer Jean Lescure studied his work.
The Museum of Le Faouët (Morbihan) dedicated a major retrospective to him in 1999.
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| SURNAME | Compard, Émile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Compard, Émile François Jacques (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1977 |
| Place of death | Nogent-sur-Marne |