Jules Eugene Pages (1867-1946), sometimes Jules Eugène Pagès, was an American painter.[1] He is known for landscape, marine and genre paintings in the impressionist manner.[2]
Jules Eugene Pages | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 16, 1867 San Francisco, California |
| Died | May 22, 1946 (aged 79) San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Jules Pages, Jules Eugène Pages, Jules Eugène Pagès |
| Known for | Landscape and marine paintings |
| Movement | Impressionism |
Biography
Born in San Francisco, California on May 16, 1867, to parents with French ancestry.[1][3] He was raised in an artistic environment.[1][4] His father, Jules Françios Pages (1843-1910) ran a local engraving business, and his son worked there as an apprentice.[2][5][3] In 1888, he moved to Paris, France in order to study at the Académie Julian under Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Tony Robert-Fleury.[3]
After returning to San Francisco, he worked as an illustrator for The San Francisco Examiner, and other newspapers.[6] He returned to Paris, in 1902 and began teaching night classes at the Académie Julian.[3] Pages spent forty years in France, returning frequently to San Francisco to paint and exhibit his work. He exhibited his work in 1915 at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE).[3]
Following the outbreak of World War II, Pages returned to the United States and died in San Francisco on May 22, 1946.[7][8]
Collections
- San Francisco's De Young (museum)
- Musée d'Orsay[9]
- Bohemian Club of San Francisco[10]
Gallery
- Works by Jules Pages
Mariniers au Pont Neuf à Paris, 1910, Musée des beaux-arts de Pau, France
Bibliography
Bohemian Club, 1946 :Jules Pages took his leave the other day ...[11]
References
External links
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