Emile Francois Jacques Compard - Artist Info

About Emile Francois Jacques Compard

  • Biography

    Émile Compard was born on October 13, 1900 in Paris. He was encouraged from an early age by the collector Richard Goetz, who would later introduce him to Félix Fénéon, who owned the Galerie Bermheim-Jeune where Pierre Bonnard was also represented.

    Compard studied at l'Académie Julian from 1916 to 1920 and at the Araujo atelier from 1920 to 1922. In 1961 Compard created a series of humorous drawings about his time spent at l'Académie Julian.

    In 1922, Compard married Simone Dangla and had a son, François. He would later divorce and remarry, this time to Anna Sophie Johanesson and have two more children, Anne-Marie and Eric.

    During his time spent in Faouët and the Port Doëlan, he came to know a...

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