Biografie von Jean ISY DE BOTTON (1898-1978)

Birth place: French

Addresses: New York, NY

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Ecole Beaux-Arts, Paris, France; Sorbonne, Paris; Rollins Col, PhB; also with Antoine Bourdelle, Georges Braque & Jules Romains.

Exhibited: Carnegie Int, Pittsburgh, Pa, 1932 & 1938; Brit Empire Bldg, New York, 1937; Knoedler & Wildenstein Galleries, New York & Paris, 1939 & 1956; Calif Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1945; M Knoedler & Co, New York, NY; Dalzell-Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1970s. Awards: Grand Prix, Salon Honneur Beaux-Arts, Fr Govt, 1925 & Grand Prix, Expos Int, Paris, Fr Govt, 1937; City Honor, Scranton, Pa, 1970.

Member: Salon Autonme Paris (jury mem, 1928-); Salon Mod Paris (v pres, 1937-); Salon France Nouvelle (pres, 1938); Nat Soc Mural Painters (bd dirs, 1968-1969); Am Fedn Arts.

Work: Metrop Mus Art, New York, NY; Mus Art Mod, Paris; Albertina Mus, Vienna, Austria; Dallas Mus Art, Tex; Wallraff-Richards, Cologne, Ger; plus others. Commissions: Paris Int Expos (painting), Fr Govt, 1925; Seine River Bridge (painting), Int Paris Colonial Exhib, 1937; HM King George VI, Coronation at Westminster Abbey (painting), HM King George VI, Eng, 1938; San Francisco War Mem Poster, City San Francisco, 1942; America at War with H J Kaiser, San Francisco City for Marine Mus, 1945.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils. Publications: Auth, Fou-Fou Discovers America, San Francisco, 1945; auth, Triumph of Hope (ballet), San Francisco Opera, 1945. Teaching: Prof fresco, Ecole Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1932-1937; prof painting, Acad Montmartre, Paris, 1932-1938; prof fine arts, Acad Montmartre, New York, 1957-1959. Research: Chiaroscuro killed painting, Cezanne revived it; modern conception and the approach to contemporary art; French art through the Ages; the art of the fresco through the ages.

Sources: WW73; A. Frankenstein, Jean de Botton, Calif Palace Legion of Honor Publ, 1945; Frank Elgar, Jean de Botton, Georges Fall, Paris, 1968; Eric Newton, Jean de Botton, Parrish Art Museum, 1970.

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