Jean Picart Le Doux
Jean Picart Le Doux (born January 31, 1902 in Paris , † May 7, 1982 in Venice ) was a French artist who was particularly active in the areas of book illustration and commercial graphics as well as painting and image knitting .
Life
Jean Picart Le Doux was a son of the painter Charles Picart Le Doux (1881-1959). After his studies he was mainly active as an illustrator and book designer for Paris publishers. Since the 1940s he worked as a weaver with Jean Lurçat and Marc Saint-Saëns on the renewal of the tapestry art of Aubusson . With them he founded the "Association des Peintres-Cartonniers de Tapisserie". In 1952 he became the first president of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, which he also co-founded .
literature
- Modern French tapestries , exhibition catalog Pergamon Museum Berlin, German Academy of the Arts, Berlin 1955
- Jean Picart le Doux: Tapestries since 1956, lithographs, ceramics , catalog for the exhibition from September 28 to October 24, 1967, Baukunst Köln 1967
- Jean Picart Le Doux , exhibition catalog, Musée de la Poste, 20 septembre-19 octobre 1980, Paris 1980
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Picart Le Doux, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1982 |
| Place of death | Venice |