Jean Theodore Dupas, known as Jean Dupas, born in Bordeaux on February 21, 1882 and died in Paris on September 6, 1964, is a French painter, poster artist and decorator, representative of Art Deco.
A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux in the studio of Paul Quinsac, and decorators Artus and Jean-Gustave Lauriol, he then entered the G...
Jean Theodore Dupas, known as Jean Dupas, born in Bordeaux on February 21, 1882 and died in Paris on September 6, 1964, is a French painter, poster artist and decorator, representative of Art Deco.
A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux in the studio of Paul Quinsac, and decorators Artus and Jean-Gustave Lauriol, he then entered the Gabriel workshop at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris Ferrier. He won the Rome prize of 1910, the subject of which was Eros, the conqueror of the god Pan. His very personal style is called academic or neoclassical. He went to the Villa Medici in Rome under the direction of Carolus-Duran and Albert Bernard, where he met the sculptor Alfred Janniot and several friends, including Jean Despujols, Robert Poughéon, on whom he had influence. He invited his friend Roger Bissiere. Mobilized in 1914 during the First World War, he was freed in 1919, when he returned to Rome for a final year, during which he presented a dozen works in Bordeaux for the benefit of the wounded of the Great War.
He was appointed curator of the Marmottan Museum in Paris in 1940 and became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1941. He was a professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Among his students were Jean-Pierre Alaux, Jean Monneret, Jean Joyet, Gabriel Deschamps, Roger Forissier, Roger Festernaz and Geoffroy Dauvergne. He left his post in 1951 to undergo surgery and was replaced by Edmond Heuzé. He finished his career as director of the Marmottan Museum.
He intervened, like many artists of the time, in the most varied fields. In 1923 and 1924 he worked on orders from the Manufacture National de Sèvres, as well as boxes for the Manufacture des Gobelins. He draws for great fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. In 1925, he sent an oil on canvas, Les Perruches3, to the Exposition of the decorative arts where it is very noticed. In 1927, he conceived the catalog of fur Max at the printer Draeger. He is a member of the Ateliers d'art sacré, after 1919, in the wake of Maurice Denis and George Desvallières, and participates in the renewal of the fresco. He worked for the decoration of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Paris, collaborating, among others, with the painter Lyonnais Louis Bouquet, author of the Salon of Africa at Palais des Colonies (Paris). He also creates posters for the Dufayel Stores. He remained at that time at 19 Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris.
However, he retains a predilection for monumental works: "The greater my work, the happier I am."
He remains very attached to his hometown for which he realizes in particular a great composition, La Vigne and the wine, destined for the Exhibition of decorative arts of 1925. He also executes numerous public and private commissions.
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