Pierre jaques was born on december 15, 1913 in yverdon in switzerland, at a place called ste-croix. From his early …
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Pierre jaques was born on december 15, 1913 in yverdon in switzerland, at a place called ste-croix. From his early childhood, he painted and drew.
at 16, his parents directed him to the school of industrial arts in geneva where he learned, for four years, painting and sculpture in decoration and interior architecture. Then he entered the geneva school of fine arts in the studio of alexandre blanchet, whom he considered his true master. A meeting with the painter adrien holy opened new horizons for him. He then completed his artistic training during trips to venice, florence, paris and madrid.
alongside lucrative activities, he painted and exhibited in zurich and bern, where he obtained two federal fine arts scholarships, and in geneva. In 1954, he met max moos, the well-known talent scout. He exhibits regularly in his gallery on the quai du mont-blanc, in geneva. This collaboration will last 25 years. During this period, max moos organized exhibitions for him in the united states and canada, under the theme “return to nature”. From 1941, pierre jaques also held numerous exhibitions in switzerland, in geneva, at the rath museum and at the athénée in particular, in morges, hermance, carouge.
pierre jaques has a predilection for the pays de gex and in particular for versonnex where he settled in 1968; he remained there until the end of his life in 2000. He painted numerous landscapes of the region, still lifes, nudes and portraits.
pierre jaques has participated in the artistic life of versonnex since 1975. He has exhibited every year at the salon d'automne de la saint-martin since its creation in 1982. In 1996, he was the guest of honor at this exhibition. He opened his personal gallery to artists on several occasions, particularly in 1980 and 1988, to enable the restoration of stained glass windows and the creation of an aubusson tapestry for the versonnex church.
pierre jaques' painting is easy to read, the result of careful and uncompromising observation of nature. The writing is simple, supported by a very present drawing. The color comes alive without breaking the harmony or modifying the composition.
pierre jaques was not only a talented painter, but also an affable man, a wise man, willingly spending his time to listen and encourage the artists who came to see him and ask him for advice.
when in 1936, pierre jaques graduated with honors from the geneva school of fine arts, he traveled throughout the geneva region with a clear predilection for the foot of the jura. But it was quickly towards the pays de gex that he turned and painted until his death. He knows every nook and cranny so much that his friends nickname our region, “the land of jacks”.
when, at the end of the 1960s, he and his family* had to leave their house in the montbrillant** district, which was doomed to demolition, it was quite natural that he directed his research towards the pays de gex. He finally finds the place he dreams of: a house surrounded by orchards, the famous house of versonnex, a meeting place for painters who come to ask him for advice.
before moving to versonnex, he had already introduced his two children to our region from a very young age, giving them pencils and paper so that they could draw at the same time as him.
pierre jaques painted our countryside in all seasons, in the field, even in the cold or the snow. Despite everything, spring remains his favorite season and his flowering fruit trees are among his most beautiful paintings. During the exhibition, among the fifty paintings presented, twenty-eight will be landscapes of the pays de gex. This piece has an attribution mark,
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