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Francis Lee Jaques MUSEUMS
1887 Geneseo, Illinois - 1969 St. Paul, Minnesota. Known for: Wildlife, genre, illustrator, views.
Jaques was born September 28, 1887 in Geneseo, Illinois. Family moved to Elmo near Topeka in 1899 and it was there that Jaques first became conscious of the variety and migration of birds. The family... Read full biography
Jaques was born September 28, 1887 in Geneseo, Illinois. Family moved to Elmo near Topeka in 1899 and it was there that Jaques first became conscious of the variety and migration of birds. The family also lived near Durham before, in 1903, moving to northern Minnesota. Began working in a taxidermy... Read full biography
Jaques was born September 28, 1887 in Geneseo, Illinois. Family moved to Elmo near Topeka in 1899 and it was there that Jaques first became conscious of the variety and migration of birds. The family also lived near Durham before, in 1903, moving to northern Minnesota. Began working in a taxidermy shop then, in 1913, worked for the railroad. Served in World War I then. studied art with Clarence Rosenkranz. During the early 1920s, Jacques secured a position as an illustrator and in 1924 was... Read full biography
Jaques was born September 28, 1887 in Geneseo, Illinois. Family moved to Elmo near Topeka in 1899 and it was there that Jaques first became conscious of the variety and migration of birds. The family also lived near Durham before, in 1903, moving to northern Minnesota. Began working in a taxidermy shop then, in 1913, worked for the railroad. Served in World War I then. studied art with Clarence Rosenkranz. During the early 1920s, Jacques secured a position as an illustrator and in 1924 was hired as a staff artist by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His assignment was to produce large dioramas and background paintings for exhibits and to accompany museum expeditions. Jacques retired from the museum in 1942 to do freelance... Read full biography
Jaques was born September 28, 1887 in Geneseo, Illinois. Family moved to Elmo near Topeka in 1899 and it was there that Jaques first became conscious of the variety and migration of birds. The family also lived near Durham before, in 1903, moving to northern Minnesota. Began working in a taxidermy shop then, in 1913, worked for the railroad. Served in World War I then. studied art with Clarence Rosenkranz. During the early 1920s, Jacques secured a position as an illustrator and in 1924 was hired as a staff artist by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His assignment was to produce large dioramas and background paintings for exhibits and to accompany museum expeditions. Jacques retired from the museum in 1942 to do freelance work as a wildlife painter, an illustrator, and producing museum dioramas. Designed a duck stamp in 1940 for Duc. SOURCES:. Susan Craig,... Read full biography
Francis Lee Jaques - Artist Info
About Francis Lee Jaques: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsJames Ford Bell Museum Of Natural History
10 Church St.
Minneapolis, MN 55455Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Boulevard West
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum
307 Morrill Hall
14th & Vine Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0338National Museum of Wildlife Art
2820 Rungius Road
Po Box 6825
Jackson Hole, WY 83002St. Louis County Historical Society
506 West Michigan Street
Duluth, MN 55802Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271