Louis Bouché
Louis George Bouché (March 18, 1896 – August 7, 1969) was an American artist, muralist, and decorator. He was a 1933 Guggenheim Fellow.[1]
Life
He was born in New York City. He grew up in Paris and studied at the Lysée Calneux, Academy Colorossi, and the Grande Chaumiere. He studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1915, with Dimitri Romanovsky and Frank Vincent DuMond. In 1921 he married Marian. Bouche curated an art gallery in Wanamaker's department store, from 1922 to 1926.
Murals
He painted murals for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Radio City Music Hall.[2] He designed club cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[3] and was a member of the Federal Art Project.
Bouche was commissioned to paint murals at the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building, Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building and the Ellenville, New York post office. His art is held by the U.S. State Department,[4] the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[5] and The Phillips Collection.[6]
He taught at the Art Students League in New York, University of Cincinnati, and Drake University. His papers are held by the Archives of American Art.[7]
Louis Bouche died on August 7, 1969, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
References
- ^ Louis Bouché - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- ^ Louis Bouche PRR Mural Artist | Flickr – Condivisione di foto!
- ^ LIFE, Aug 18, 1941
- ^ U.S. Department of State - Art in Embassies
- ^ http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=11784;type=701
- ^ http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/Justice_Department_3.pdf
- ^ Summary of the Louis Bouché papers, 1880-2007 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
External links
- Oral history interview with Louis Bouché, 1959 Aug. 7
- http://www.askart.com/askart/b/louis_bouche/louis_bouche.aspx
- http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/pages/louis_bouche_1896.htm
- http://www.artnet.com/artists/louis-bouch%C3%A9/
- http://americanart.si.edu/images/juley/J0001232_1x.html
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