Large Jean Gabriel Domergue Oil on Canvas Circa 1950

Large Jean Gabriel Domergue Oil on Canvas. Jean-Gabriel Domergue Circa 1950frame 47" x 34.5", Painting 36" x 24" Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome. From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits, and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up".[citation needed] He also designed clothes for the couturier Paul Poiret. From 1955 until 1962 he was the curator of the Musee Jacquemart-Andre, organising exhibitions of the works of Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya and others. Domergue was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur. He died 16 November 1962 on a Paris sidewalk.

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