Jules-Émile Zingg
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Jules-Émile Zingg was a French painter.
in the mountainous Jura area of Eastern France, the son of a clockmaker and woodcutter. He started drawing at four. There he began to paint the peasants and countryside. He studied the design of clocks before winning a scholarship to study at the Beaux-Arts school college in Besançon
under Félix Giacomotti in 1901. After a year he won a scholarship to study in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Fernand-Anne Piestre (known by the pseudonym of Fernand Cormon
). He won the second Prix de Rome. His work was accepted at the Salon de Artistes Français. He studied Paul Cézanne
who became a major influence on his work. After World War I
he began to exhibit at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne in a modernist style. At Perros-Guirec
in Brittany
he met the founder of Les Nabis
, Maurice Denis
, Paul Sérusier
and Georges Hanna Sabbagh
.
In the 1920s, Zingg exhibited frequently in Paris. In 1930 he was awarded the Chevalier de la légion d'honneur. In 1937 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle. He designed tapestries for the Aubusson
and Gobelin
factories. He became vice-president of the society dedicated to the art of fresco
painting, and about 1925 decorated with frescoes the columns of the famous Montparnasse brasserie, La Coupole.
Zingg's work is to be found in many museum collections including the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and the Musée de la Ville de Paris, as well as museums in Besançon and other French towns. Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been held at the Musée de Pont-Aven (2004) and in Paris at the Musée Bourdelle (1990). After World War I
one of his pupils was Claude Génisson.
Zingg died in Paris
.
Biography
Jules-Émile Zingg was born in MontbéliardMontbéliard
Montbéliard is a city in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.-History:...
in the mountainous Jura area of Eastern France, the son of a clockmaker and woodcutter. He started drawing at four. There he began to paint the peasants and countryside. He studied the design of clocks before winning a scholarship to study at the Beaux-Arts school college in Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
under Félix Giacomotti in 1901. After a year he won a scholarship to study in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Fernand-Anne Piestre (known by the pseudonym of Fernand Cormon
Fernand Cormon
Fernand Cormon was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-François Portaels, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France....
). He won the second Prix de Rome. His work was accepted at the Salon de Artistes Français. He studied Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...
who became a major influence on his work. After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
he began to exhibit at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne in a modernist style. At Perros-Guirec
Perros-Guirec
Perros-Guirec is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Perros-Guirec are called perrosiens.-Tourism:...
in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
he met the founder of Les Nabis
Les Nabis
Les Nabis were a group of Post-Impressionist avant-garde artists who set the pace for fine arts and graphic arts in France in the 1890s. Initially a group of friends interested in contemporary art and literature, most of them studied at the private art school of Rodolphe Julian in Paris in the...
, Maurice Denis
Maurice Denis
Maurice Denis was a French painter and writer, and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art.-Childhood and education:...
, Paul Sérusier
Paul Sérusier
Paul Sérusier was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabi movement, Synthetism and Cloisonnism.- Education :...
and Georges Hanna Sabbagh
Georges Hanna Sabbagh
-Biography:Georges Hanna Sabbagh was born at Alexandria in Egypt. He studied art in Paris, being the first Egyptian at the Louvre School. He was a pupil of Paul Sérusier, Félix Vallotton and the Symbolist painter Maurice Denis...
.
In the 1920s, Zingg exhibited frequently in Paris. In 1930 he was awarded the Chevalier de la légion d'honneur. In 1937 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle. He designed tapestries for the Aubusson
Aubusson tapestry
The Aubusson tapestry manufacture of the 17th and 18th centuries managed to compete with the royal manufacture of Gobelins tapestry and the privileged position of Beauvais tapestry...
and Gobelin
Gobelin
Gobelin was the name of a family of dyers, who in all probability came originally from Reims, and who in the middle of the 15th century established themselves in the Faubourg Saint Marcel, Paris, on the banks of the Bièvre....
factories. He became vice-president of the society dedicated to the art of fresco
Fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
painting, and about 1925 decorated with frescoes the columns of the famous Montparnasse brasserie, La Coupole.
Zingg's work is to be found in many museum collections including the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and the Musée de la Ville de Paris, as well as museums in Besançon and other French towns. Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been held at the Musée de Pont-Aven (2004) and in Paris at the Musée Bourdelle (1990). After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
one of his pupils was Claude Génisson.
Zingg died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Works
- 1908 Le répas des paysans
- 1910 L'enterrement sous la neige
- 1922 Les moisonneurs
- 1930 La villa brune à Paris
- Paysage Breton
- La charette
- Labour
- Paysage animé en Automne
- Paysage,mer et moisson en Bretagne
- 20 works were exhibited at the museum of Cosne-sur-Loire, thanks to a donation from Emile Loiseau in 1970, including his own portrait by Jules-Émile Zingg.