Animal painter, traveling painter, orientalist painter, artist well anchored in the Art Deco period, Paul Jouve (1878-1973) had an extraordinary success, says the expert Dominique Suisse: "He succeeded very early and lived very well. After the Second World War, when he was in his forties, his works sold for more than those of Picasso. The whole of the gotha rushed to buy them. It is as if today presidents of the Republic or billionaires like Bill Gates were collecting them! ».
Noticed in 1901 by Bing, the great merchant who will launch Art Nouveau, Jouve discovered the zoos of Hamburg and Amsterdam, where animals lived in freedom, unlike the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Was it his meeting with Rembrandt Bugatti that influenced him? He, who had been drawing all animals since his childhood, devoted himself to big cats and birds of prey. In 1905, Jouve signed the illustrations for the Jungle Book, which soon became a success. Then came the medals at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in 1925, the consecration in 1931 at the Colonial Exhibition, and finally the decorations of Normandy in 1935.

LOT n°116 Paul Jouve Paul JOUVE (1878-1973) - Panthère noire à l'affut - Eau forte signée en bas à droite - 37 x 54 cm - Très légères rousseurs - Note : Jouve s’est toujours intéressé aux différentes techniques de gravures,… Fiche détaillée