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Jean Desire Bascoules BIOGRAPHY
1886 - 1976. Known for: Landscape, still life paintings.
Of Catalan origin, Jean-Désiré Bascoules was born in Perpignan in 1886. He began his art studies at the age of twenty at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, before attending Fernand Cormon's studio... Read full biography
Of Catalan origin, Jean-Désiré Bascoules was born in Perpignan in 1886. He began his art studies at the age of twenty at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, before attending Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris. He held his first exhibition at the Salon des artistes français in 1914, and did not... Read full biography
Of Catalan origin, Jean-Désiré Bascoules was born in Perpignan in 1886. He began his art studies at the age of twenty at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, before attending Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris. He held his first exhibition at the Salon des artistes français in 1914, and did not resume his activity until 1921. In 1924, he left for the Maghreb countries, where he produced a large number of landscapes, notably of the square and port of Algiers. In 1925, he won the Abd-el-Tif Prize... Read full biography
Of Catalan origin, Jean-Désiré Bascoules was born in Perpignan in 1886. He began his art studies at the age of twenty at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, before attending Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris. He held his first exhibition at the Salon des artistes français in 1914, and did not resume his activity until 1921. In 1924, he left for the Maghreb countries, where he produced a large number of landscapes, notably of the square and port of Algiers. In 1925, he won the Abd-el-Tif Prize and worked between Figuig, Touggourt and Oran. Appreciated and protected by Sultan Mohammed V, who reserved for him a solitary pavilion in his guard's quarters, he won major state commissions, including the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique prize in... Read full biography
Of Catalan origin, Jean-Désiré Bascoules was born in Perpignan in 1886. He began his art studies at the age of twenty at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, before attending Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris. He held his first exhibition at the Salon des artistes français in 1914, and did not resume his activity until 1921. In 1924, he left for the Maghreb countries, where he produced a large number of landscapes, notably of the square and port of Algiers. In 1925, he won the Abd-el-Tif Prize and worked between Figuig, Touggourt and Oran. Appreciated and protected by Sultan Mohammed V, who reserved for him a solitary pavilion in his guard's quarters, he won major state commissions, including the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique prize in 1926 and the Grand Prix Artistique de l'Algérie in 1930. His work was featured alongside many other artists at the 1932 Art... Read full biography
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Of Catalan origin, Jean-Désiré Bascoules was born in Perpignan in 1886. He began his art studies at the age of twenty at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, before attending Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris. He held his first exhibition at the Salon des artistes français in 1914, and did not resume his activity until 1921.
In 1924, he left for the Maghreb countries, where he produced a large number of landscapes, notably of the square and port of Algiers. In 1925, he won the Abd-el-Tif Prize and worked between Figuig, Touggourt and Oran. Appreciated and protected by Sultan Mohammed V, who reserved for him a solitary pavilion in his guard's quarters, he won major state commissions, including the Compagnie Générale Transatlanti...But wait, there's more...
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