Jules Cavaillès

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Jules Cavaillès (born June 20, 1901 in Carmaux as Jean Jules Louis Cavaillès, † January 29, 1977 in Épineuil ) was a French painter of the " Réalité Poétique ".

biography

Jules Cavillès was born in 1901 into a family of merchants that included academics. His great uncle was the geographer Paul Vidal de Lablache . After school, Jules Cavaillès began working as a draftsman for the local mining company in his home town of Carmaux.

In 1922 he devoted himself entirely to his artistic career and began to study at the renowned " Académie Julian " in Paris. At first he dealt with the old masters in the Louvre, while for years he shared a studio with his friend and artist colleague Roger Limouse .

A turning point in his life was in 1936, when he received a scholarship from the Blumenthal Foundation, which attracted a wider audience. As a result of his participation in the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Métiers" one year later, he was commissioned to decorate the Languedoc pavilion at the "Exposition Internationale". In the same year he had his first solo exhibition at the Duet Gallery in Paris.

In 1938 he received a professorship at the "École nationale des Arts décoratifs" until the Second World War broke out. From 1941 he belonged to the Resistance in Albi. After the end of the Second World War, Cavaillès initially worked as a conservator at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse before he resumed teaching as a professor in Paris.

Together with Raymond Legueult , Roland Oudot and Maurice Brianchon , he belonged to the Réalité Poétique movement. The group was characterized above all by a colorful joie de vivre in their pictures.

In 1948 he was represented at the Venice Biennale. He exhibited internationally from 1937: In addition to France (Paris, Nice), he was also present in Finland (Helsinki), England (London), Germany (Cologne) and the USA (New York).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bertrand de Viviès: Jules Cavillès. Peintre de la Réalité Poétique . Editions Grand Sud, Albi 2008, ISBN 978-2-908778-73-1 , pp. 5 .
  2. ↑ Jules Cavaillès biography. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Jules Cavaillès - Works of art and biography | Gallery Paffrath. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  4. ^ Fiche artist: Jules Cavaillès (Musées d'Occitanie). Retrieved May 16, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Cavaillès, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cavaillès, Jean Jules Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter of the Réalité Poétique
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Carmaux
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1977
Place of death Epineuil