Bordeaux Museum Honors Forgotten Art Deco Master Jean Dupas
The 'Jean Dupas & Co. Le grand Art déco' exhibition is currently on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, marking the first dedicated showcase of Jean Dupas, an artist hailing from Bordeaux. This exhibition, which runs until November 29, 2026, is curated by Sophie Barthélémy, Margaux Wymbs, and Louis Deltour. It chronicles Dupas's artistic journey from the École des Beaux-Arts to his time at Villa Medici (1910-1914, 1919). Featured works include his fashion illustrations, significant contributions to the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, and notable public commissions like the Church of the Holy Spirit fresco (1932-1934), along with his posters and the large canvas 'La Vigne et le Vin'. The exhibition emphasizes French provenance due to environmental considerations.
Key facts
- The exhibition 'Jean Dupas & Co. Le grand Art déco' is on view at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, until November 29, 2026.
- It is the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Jean Dupas.
- Curators: Sophie Barthélémy, Margaux Wymbs, and Louis Deltour.
- Dupas studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and Paris, and stayed at the Villa Medici twice (1910-1914 and 1919).
- He contributed to the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs for pavilions by Ruhlmann, the French Embassy, the Manufacture de Sèvres, and the Bordeaux wine tower.
- He received about fifteen major public commissions, including the fresco for the Church of the Holy Spirit in Paris (1932-1934) and paintings for the Bordeaux Bourse du Travail (1937-1942).
- He created decorations for ocean liners Île de France and Normandie.
- The exhibition includes works by contemporaries such as Robert Poughéon and ceramics by René Buthaud.
- Due to environmental reasons, the exhibition uses only French provenance, excluding large formats held in the US.
- The exhibition features Dupas's posters, including the 1924 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and a 1937 tourism poster for Bordeaux.
- The Musée d'Aquitaine lends 'La Vigne et le Vin', a canvas over eight meters long.
- Dupas's work is compared to Fernand Léger, Maurice Denis, Carlo Carrà, Giorgio de Chirico, and André Lhote.
Entities
Artists
- Jean Dupas
- Sophie Barthélémy
- Margaux Wymbs
- Louis Deltour
- Robert Poughéon
- René Buthaud
- Fernand Léger
- Maurice Denis
- Carlo Carrà
- Giorgio de Chirico
- André Lhote
- Tamara de Lempicka
- Alfred Janniot
- Jacques Émile Blanche
- Antoine Bourdelle
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
- Paul Cezanne
- Henri Matisse
- Pablo Picasso
- Jacques Charles Champigneulle
- Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
Institutions
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
- Galerie des Beaux-Arts
- Villa Medici
- École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Manufacture de Sèvres
- Musée d'Aquitaine
- Musée des Années Trente
- Connaissance des Arts
- Académie de France à Rome
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
- Centre Pompidou
- MAD Paris
- Musée d'Art moderne de Paris
Locations
- Bordeaux
- France
- Rome
- Italy
- Paris
- United States
- Boulogne-Billancourt
- London
- New York