Jean-Desiree Baskoule ( French: Jean-Désiré Bascoules ; August 10, 1886 , Perpignan , Department of the Eastern Pyrenees France - 1976 , Montpellier ) - French artist of Catalan descent .
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| Date of Birth | August 10, 1886 |
| Place of Birth | Perpignan Eastern Pyrenees , France |
| Date of death | 1976 |
| Place of death | Montpellier , France |
| Citizenship |  France |
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Biography
He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux , and later continued his artistic education at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts (Académie des beaux-arts).
Student Atelier F. Cormon .
Since 1914 he took part in the exhibitions of the Paris Salon .
In 1929, at the invitation of the Sultan, he went to Algeria . He worked there on his order, first on the murals of the villa Abd-El-Tif, and later on decorative compositions for the celebration hall in the Government Palace. During the Algerian period, he performed numerous landscapes, brilliantly displaying the effects of the open air, as well as sketches for wallpaper and tapestries. He worked in Oran , Touggourt , Figig ( Morocco ) and others.
The painter’s creativity was highly appreciated by the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammed V , who patronized Baskula, giving him a secluded house next to his personal guard, awarded the artist with many awards and made him a member of several important state commissions (in particular, the production of Moroccan national tapestries ). In 1931 he was awarded the Legion of Honor .
In 1962, the artist returned to Paris . He worked mainly in the genre of monumental painting and landscape. He painted a still life.
The last years of his life he lived in Montpellier .
Major Exhibitions
- Paris , Salon des Artistes Français, 1914,
- Salon de la France d'Outre-Mer, 1921-1925,
- Toulouse , galerie Chappé-Lautier, 1915,
- Algeria , Salon d'Hiver, Salon de l'Union Artistique de l'Afrique du Nord, 1924,
- Bordeaux , Galerie Imberti, 1926,
- Paris, Salon des Orientalistes, Galerie Georges Petit, 1927,
- Beziers , Alger 1927, Salon des Indépendants, 1927,
- Casablanca , 1928,
- Marrakech Tunisia , Exposition triennale Rabat 1928,
- Paris, Salon des Tuileries, 1932-1933,
- Londres, Institut français, 1948,
- Algeria, Salle Bordes, 1949
- Bordeaux, Théâtre des trois baudets 1950,
- Cercle de la France d'Outre-Mer, 1952
- Paris, galerie Romanet, 1955 and 1964,
- Paris, 1966,
- Versailles, Cercle Algérianiste de Versailles 1992.
Awards and Prizes
- 1931 - Knight of the Legion of Honor
- 1921 - bronze award of the Paris Salon (for the painting " Portrait de ma Grand-Mère "),
- 1922 - Silver Salon of the Paris Salon,
- 1923 - Laureate of the Prize Abd El-Tif (Prix Abd-el-Tif) (Algeria),
- 1924 - Golden Salon of the Paris Salon and the prize of the central government of Algeria (for the painting "La Halte au désert du Grand Erg").