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Painting of African landscape with terracotta buildings and two figures carrying vessels on backs, on cover of 'Jacques Majorelle', by Editions Norma.

Jacques Majorelle

By (author) Felix Marcilhac

$75.00

  • The complete works of Jacques Majorelle, an orientalist painter of the 20th century
  • 1050 works have been documented by Félix and Amélie Marcilhac
  • With paintings inspired by scenes from Sudan, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Morocco, this book collects Majorelle's fascinating (and occasionally exoticising) depictions of north-west African life
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Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) is an emblematic figure of Orientalism. The son of the cabinet-maker Louis Majorelle, he trained at the École nationale des Beaux-arts appliqués of Nancy then in Paris, at the Académie Julian.

Majorelle traveled through Spain, Egypt and Italy, starting from 1908. In 1917 he moved to Morocco. There, he developed a singular chromatic language which gave him a place divested of all influences among his contemporaries.

Landscapes, bazaar scenes, and portraits, he based his art around the city of Marrakech where he lived, as well as across the rest of Morocco. He gathered inspiration from his many trips to Sudan, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire, amassing a considerable oeuvre of over 1,000 works in which light, colour and a certain viewpoint on exoticism played a decisive role.

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Specifications
Publisher
Editions Norma
ISBN
9782376660095
Published
25th Oct 2017
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
9.06 in x 12.01 in
Pages
336 Pages
Illustrations
900 color, 100 b&w
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