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Jean Puy

Birth
Roanne, Departement de la Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
Death
1960 (aged 83–84)
France
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French Fauve artist, born at Roanne. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, and in Paris where he met Henri Matisse. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1905, with Matisse and others. The use of their bold style and bright colours led a critic to call them the Fauves (wild beasts).
French Fauve artist, born at Roanne. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, and in Paris where he met Henri Matisse. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1905, with Matisse and others. The use of their bold style and bright colours led a critic to call them the Fauves (wild beasts).

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