Germain Jacques

Biography

Jacques Germain, born in Paris in 1915 and died in 2001, is a French painter. A student at the Académie Moderne, he was advised by Fernand Léger and Blaise Cendrars to go to the Bauhaus, where he studied with Kandinsky and was the only Frenchman to study there.
Back in France, he turned to advertising drawing before devoting himself fully to painting after the Second World War. He held his first solo exhibition in 1949 and exhibited with renowned artists such as Arp, Fautrier, and Picabia. In 1959, Roger Van Gindertael praised the complexity and vibrancy of his work, comparing him to impressionist painters adapted to abstraction.
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A major retrospective of his work was organized in 1997 at the Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris. In 2002, his studio was bequeathed to the National League Against Cancer, in accordance with his wishes.
Jacques Germain took classes with Willi Baumeister in Frankfurt, married Marthe Robert, and then returned to France after the rise of the Nazis. His career developed with representations in various prestigious galleries such as the Galerie Maeght and the Galerie Dina Vierny. His works are recognized for their colorful harmony and complexity. He died in 2001 and his studio was bequeathed to the National League Against Cancer.