Jean-Théobald JACUS (1924-2021) - Lot 32

Jean-Théobald JACUS (1924-2021) Saut du Doubs, 1961 Oil on canvas signed lower right Dimensions: 19 x 27 cm A student at the Beaux-Arts in Reims and Paris, and former drawing and painting teacher at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, he was also a pupil of the Dutch master Konrad Kickert. He was awarded the Casa Velasquez Prize in 1955 and a travel grant from the Dutch government in 1956. He made further trips to Italy, England, Switzerland and the USA. In 1954, he was excluded from the competition for the Prix de la Jeune Peinture. He exhibited in numerous groups, notably at the Salon des peintres Témoins de leur Temps in Paris. Figurative, his compositions are often imbued with fantasy. A painter of still lifes and landscapes, he mainly painted urban landscapes characteristic of industrial civilization. He was named Painter of Air and Space in 1987. This work was exhibited at the Peintres Témoins de leur Temps exhibition on the liner France in 1962. Lots will be collected by appointment on Wednesday March 5, 2025 in Paris XVe (Metro: Sevres-Lecourbe, or Pasteur).