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The son of the Nancy cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle, the painter Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) was a key figure in Orientalism. Discovering Marrakech in 1917, he was as fascinated by the city's light and brilliant colors as by its inhabitants. He first moved into the Bou Saf Saf villa, then to the cubist villa designed by the architect Paul Sinoir, which now houses the Pierre Bergé Museum of Berber Arts of the Fondation Jardin Majorelle.
For nearly 40 years, he tirelessly painted the different ambiances of souks, scenes from daily life or the singular beauty of the models who came to pose in his studio. His many trips to the Kasbahs of the Atlas mountains and the other cities of Morocco allowed him to recreate all the richness of the landscapes, architecture and markets, or of the ceremonies of which he is the privileged onlooker.
In the 1940s, his experiences of sub-Saharan Africa provoked an aesthetic and chromatic renewal which accompanies all his work up to his latest creations.
Mediterranean Art Book Prize 2018
• 23 x 30.5 cm
• 352 pages
• 1400 illustrations
• Hardcover
• ISBN: 9782376660859
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