biographie de Jules Eugène PAGES (1867-1946)

Birth place: San Francisco, CA

Death place: San Fran.

Addresses: Paris, France; San Fran.

Profession: Painter, illustrator; teacher

Studied: Calif. Sch. Des.; Acad. Julian, Paris, with Constant, Lefebvre & Robert-Fleury, 1890-95.

Exhibited: AIC, 1900-01, 1909, 1913; Paris Salon, 1894-96 (prize, 1895), 1898-99 (med.), 1905 (med.); PAFA Ann., 1895; Corcoran Ga.l biennials, 1912, 1919; Pan-Pac Expo, 1915; Bohemian Club, 1924 (solo); CPLH, 1946 (mem.). Award: Knight of the Legion of Honor, 1910.

Member: Int. Soc. Paris SP; Bohemian Club

Work: Mus. Pau, France; Mus. Toulouse, France; Luxembourg, Paris; Golden Gate Park Mus. & Art Inst., San Fran.; SFMA; Municipal Art Gal., Oakland, Calif.; CPLH

Comments: An expatriate Impressionist painter, he lived in France for 40 years, teaching a night class at the AcadÈmie Julian in Paris from 1902-on, and a life class there from 1907-on. He took many sketching trips in Europe, visiting Brittany, Spain and Belgium, also returning home to San Francisco for visits and exhibitions. At the outbreak of WWII he returned home permanently.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 420; Fink, Am. Art at the 19th C. Paris Salons, 377; 300 Years of American Art, 612; Falk, Exh. Record Series.