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Jean Morax (16 September 1869 – 11 May 1939) was a painter, theater decorator and draftsman from the Canton of Vaud.

Jean Morax
Born	16 September 1869 Morges, Switzerland
Died	11 May 1939(1939-05-11) (aged 69) Morges
Occupation	Painter Theater decorator Draftsman

Biography

A pupil of Édouard Castres in Geneva then of Benjamin Constant, of Luc-Olivier Merson and Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris, Jean Morax shared his life between Paris, Florence and Switzerland. He exhibited his paintings influenced by the Nabis in Geneva, notably at the National Exhibition (1896), in Paris (bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900)) and in Munich (1905).

With his brother René, he created the Théâtre du Jorat in Mézières in 1903; There, he designed costumes, sets and posters, especially for Henriette (1908), Tell (1914), Le Roi David (1921), and La belle de Moudon.[1] (1931).

He created the costumes of the 1905 Fête des vignerons in Vevey.

Sources

• Jean Morax (1869-1939) on Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne
•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• Notabilités vaudoises 1933, p. 67
• Marcus Osterwalder Dictionnaire des illustrateurs.[2]
• Patrie suisse, 1917, No 610 p. 26-27
• Patrie suisse, 1903, No 252, p. 119-121
• photo Thibault, Morges Patrie suisse, (E. de B.) 1902, No 216, p. 5-8
• DBAS, 742
• Yvan Schwab, René Morax, un théâtre pour le peuple, 2003
• DTS, 1272-1273

References

External links

• Photo - Jean Morax on notrehistoire.ch
• Historique, Le Théâtre du Jorat
• Short biography
• Voilier sur le Léman (painting)
• Jean Morax, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Swiss Theater Poster on 1stdibs

На других языках

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[de] Jean Morax

Jean Morax (* 16. September 1869 in Morges; † 11. Mai 1939 ebenda, heimatberechtigt in Mex) war ein Schweizer Maler.

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- [en] Jean Morax

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[fr] Jean Morax

Jean Morax, né à Morges le 16 septembre 1869 et mort dans la même ville le 11 mai 1939, est un peintre, décorateur de théâtre et dessinateur suisse.

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