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Jean Rigaud

Jean Rigaud (1912 - 1999) was active/lived in France.  Jean Rigaud is known for Marine and landscape painting, village scenes.

A 20th-century French realist and impressionist painter, especially known for marine subjects, Jean Rigaud was born in Bordeaux in 1912, just before the beginning of World War I.  He also did other subjects including French village scenes and works reflecting his widespread travels including to Spain, Egypt and Morocco.  For the French government, he was Official Marine Painter and in that capacity traveled to the United States on the ship, Jean Bart.

His early training was from his artist and art-teacher father, Pierre Gaston Rigaud, and he encouraged his son as well as other students to develop their own unique approach to painting.  He then enrolled in the l'Ecole des Beaux Arts at the Atelier André Dewambez.

In 1925, Jean Rigaud began exhibiting at the Paris salons, and this entry began a prolific series of exhibition venues including 53 one-man exhibitions between 1938 and 1974.   The Galerie Durand-Ruel featured his wor   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1825 characters.]  Artist bio

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