Charles Jouas (1866 - 1942)
1866-12-05Paris, France1942-05-14Paris, France
Charles Jouas
Charles Jouas, born Charles Alfred Auguste Jouas, was a French painter, illustrator and designer, and printmaker.
Charles studied painting in workshops with various artists and worked on theater sets. In 1896 he met the famous bibliophile Henri Beraldi, and this meeting was decisive: the artist had promising orders. Then began a long collaboration with the engraver Henri Paillard (1846-1912).
Charles Jouas specialized in cityscapes of Paris, from 1890s worked as an illustrator for rare books. Then he began engraving his own drawings and experimenting with etching, and became president of the engraving section of the National Society of Fine Arts.
Date and place of birt: | 5 december 1866, Paris, France |
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Date and place of death: | 14 may 1942, Paris, France |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Decorator, Draftsman, Engraver, Illustrator |
Genre: | Cityscape, Portrait |
Art style: | Romanticism |