Emile Sabouraud (French 1900-1996)

Student Othon Friesz at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere (circa 1918-1920) and member of the Pré Saint-Gervais Group, he exhibited at the Salon des Independants, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuileries. In Algiers, he was a resident of the Villa Abd-el-Tif in 1935 and 1936. After returning to France, he joined the Painters of poetic reality. He was a professor at the Académie Julian from 1946 and Decorative Arts in Paris (1954-1970).

We owe him a theoretical work, Figuration (1979).

Son of a physician, Emile Sabouraud was also the older brother of pianist Cecile de Brunhoff, wife of Jean de Brunhoff, the creator of Babar.

Major Exhibitions:

1951 - Carnegie Foundation, Pittsburg
1951 - New Gallery, New York
1979 and 1982, Grenoble Museum

Public Collections:

Musée de Grenoble: Flowers, Still Life
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon: Nature morte au bouquet of anemones
Cantini museum: Still life
Musée des Augustins in Toulouse: Old Mill Street
Musée National d'Art Moderne: The Morning After, Still Life with crumpled papers
National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers: Place in Djerba, Young negro, The Jewish quarter of Ghardaia
School of the Air: wall decorations

Awards and Recognition:

1935 - Abd-el-Tif prize
1951 - Legion of Honour
1965 - Commander of Arts and Letters
1970 - Georges Wildenstein Price of the Academy of Fine Arts (France)