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1876 Roanne, Loire - 1960 Roanne, Loire. Known for: Fauve nude female figure, landscape, water and interior-scene painting.
Jean Puy was a French Fauvist* artist. He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'Académie Julian* between 1897 and 1898. He met... Read full biography
Jean Puy was a French Fauvist* artist. He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'Académie Julian* between 1897 and 1898. He met Henri Matisse and other like-minded artists when he transferred to the l'Académie Carrière in 1899. He... Read full biography
Jean Puy was a French Fauvist* artist. He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'Académie Julian* between 1897 and 1898. He met Henri Matisse and other like-minded artists when he transferred to the l'Académie Carrière in 1899. He exhibited his work in 1901, then in an Impressionist* style, at the Salon des Indépendants*; later, as a Fauvist, he exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne*. L'Illustration related the Salon d'Automne... Read full biography
Jean Puy was a French Fauvist* artist. He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'Académie Julian* between 1897 and 1898. He met Henri Matisse and other like-minded artists when he transferred to the l'Académie Carrière in 1899. He exhibited his work in 1901, then in an Impressionist* style, at the Salon des Indépendants*; later, as a Fauvist, he exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne*. L'Illustration related the Salon d'Automne "scandal" and published reproductions of several paintings dubbed Fauve, among which Jean Puy's Flânerie sous les pins (Strolling through pine woods), together with Louis Vauxcelles' comment: "Mr. Puy, whose nude at the seashore reminds us of... Read full biography
Jean Puy was a French Fauvist* artist. He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'Académie Julian* between 1897 and 1898. He met Henri Matisse and other like-minded artists when he transferred to the l'Académie Carrière in 1899. He exhibited his work in 1901, then in an Impressionist* style, at the Salon des Indépendants*; later, as a Fauvist, he exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne*. L'Illustration related the Salon d'Automne "scandal" and published reproductions of several paintings dubbed Fauve, among which Jean Puy's Flânerie sous les pins (Strolling through pine woods), together with Louis Vauxcelles' comment: "Mr. Puy, whose nude at the seashore reminds us of Cézanne's wide schematism, is presenting outdoor scenes where the volumes of things and beings are strongly established.".... Read full biography
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Jean Puy was a French Fauvist* artist. He studied architecture at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and painting with Jean-Paul Laurens at l'Académie Julian* between 1897 and 1898. He met Henri Matisse and other like-minded artists when he transferred to the l'Académie Carrière in 1899.
He exhibited his work in 1901, then in an Impressionist* style, at the Salon des Indépendants*; later, as a Fauvist, he exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne*.
L'Illustration related the Salon d'Automne "scandal" and published reproductions of several paintings dubbed Fauve, among which Jean Puy's Flânerie sous les pins (Strolling through pine woods), together with Louis Vauxcelles' comment: "Mr. Puy, whose nude at the s...But wait, there's more...
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