Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Domergue with Cécile Sorel in 1933
Born	(1889-03-04)March 4, 1889 Bordeaux, France
Died	November 16, 1962(1962-11-16) (aged 73) Paris, France
Education	École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Known for	Portraits of Parisian women
Awards	Prix de Rome, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Fellow of the Academy of Fine Arts

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889^[1] – 16 November 1962^[2]) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women.

Biography[edit]

Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome.^[2] From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits^[3], and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up".^{[citation needed]} He also designed clothes for the couturier Paul Poiret. From 1955 until 1962 he was the curator of the Musée Jacquemart-André, organising exhibitions of the works of Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya and others. Domergue was appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. He died 16 November 1962 on a Paris sidewalk.^[2]

Awards[edit]

• Knight of the Legion of Honour^[1]
• Fellow of the Academy of Fine Arts.

Jury[edit]

Jean-Gabriel Domergue was a member of the jury for Miss France 1938.^[4]

See also[edit]

• Villa Domergue
• René Domergue [fr]
• Gazette du Bon Ton

References[edit]

• Soyer, Gerard-Louis (1984). Jean-Gabriel Domergue, l'art et la mode (in French). Editions Sous le vent. ISBN 285889034X.

External links[edit]

• Jean Gabriel Domergue 's archives
• Images from "La Parisienne, 1955"