Signed Jouve Drawing

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Signed Jouve Drawing

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Elephant designed By Paul JOUVE in black frame. Drawing : 9 1/4"H,7 1/2"L Frame: 17"H, 15"L Have a look on our large collection of Paul JOUVE gravures: Images 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Paul JOUVE Biography Origin: France Profession: Sculptor, illustrator Born: 1878 or 1880, Bourron-Marlotte (?), France Died: 1973 Encouraged by his father, Paul Jouve spent a considerable amount of time during his childhood and youth drawing in Paris' Jardin des Plantes (main botanical gardens) and Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. By age thirteen, he was attending the Ecole des Arts decoratifs (school of decorative arts), and was soon also accepted to the École des beaux-arts (school of fine arts). At about sixteen years of age, he submitted his first work to the Salon, where his drawings of animals gained the attention of architect Rene Binet; Binet subsequently offered Jouve a job designing the decoration for a monumental door that was installed at the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1900. Following this experience, Jouve actively pursued a career as an animalier sculptor, seeking his subject matter in the zoos of Europe and in Northern Africa. In 1907, with the assistance of a grant from the Society of French Orientalist Painters, Jouve came to reside at the villa Abd-el-Tif in Algiers, which was a sort of French artists' retreat in the African colony of Algeria. Unfortunately, war forced him to leave before long, but he traveled to Greece, exploring that region instead. After Greece, following World War I, Jouve traveled on to the Far East, visiting places like Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in the French colony of Cochinchine (now Vietnam), and Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Later, he made his way back to explore jungles in Africa. Throughout his extensive and adventurous travels, Jouve gathered visual references to incorporate into his artwork. Although he preferred sculpting his subjects, Jouve was a consummate artist, portraying exotic animals in watercolor, oil, and drawing media, as well. Contemporary sources classify his personal style as Art Deco, though this label may be misleading. Jouve sought to combine the French animalier tradition with newly available "oriental" vocabulary, and was informing this creative endeavor with first-hand experience. An internationally successful artist in his own time, Jouve is perhaps best remembered today for his depiction of "big cats," and for illustrating an edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book in collaboration with the engraver F.L. Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941). Jouve was elected to the French Academie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) in 1945. He passed away in 1973.

Creator:
Paul Jouve (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
Style:
French Provincial (Of the Period)
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
C.1930's
Condition:
Very good original condition.
Seller Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
Seller: Stock TB # C122 M1stDibs: U1201278802320