Jean-Gabriel Domergue
| Jean-Gabriel Domergue | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 4, 1889 Bordeaux |
| Died | November 16, 1962 (aged 73) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| 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 – 16 November 1962) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women.
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. From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits, and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up". 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.
Jean-Gabriel Domergue was a member of the jury for Miss France 1938.
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