Rene Louis PEAN (French, Paris 1875–1955 Ermont, France)
Pastel artist, lithographer, illustrator, painter, poster artist.
René Louis Péan, born in Paris on 1 July 1875 and died on 4 September 1955. Student of Jules Cheret, he created between 1895 and 1905 in the workshop Chaix many posters for the entertainment and leisure. His family is from the Sarthe and had moved to Paris at the beginning of the Second Empire. In 1889 he became an apprentice lithographer in the workshop of Jules Cheret , now, after 1881 , the Imprimerie Chaix, at 20 rue Bergère, where he remained until 1910. In 1891, he also studied lithography at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris. At Chaix, where he has colleagues Lucien Lefevre and Georges Meunier, production of posters for the theater, tourism, department stores, modern manufactured goods is abundant: 150 posters about between 1895 and 1913. They feature smiling, elegant young women or landscapes and monuments described with near-photographic precision. Two of his productions have been reproduced from the boards of the Masters of the Poster: Instead Clichy (1898) and In the three districts (1899). In December 1899 , an article on the Shakespeare play in the journal The Ramp, attests to the fact that he is the costume designer. In 1901, he participated in the collection of one hundred and 1903, the contest for the poster Byrrh . He also drew for the press in newspapers like Le Sourire , L'Illustration , Our leisure or The Ramp . He was mobilized in 1914, and kept this period of drawings on the front. The war seems to have marked a break in his career: his poster production is much less important after 1920. It seems then turn to the creation of works for advertising purposes in the form of. Chromolithographies representative girls, views Three-quarters, whose hairstyles vary: harlequin, colombine or maiden to beret. His oil paintings, watercolors and pastels resume topics in fashion: classic or Spanish dancers, landscapes, views of Montmartre , love scenes, but also portraits or family scenes. He is a friend of Alfons Mucha. The workshop Péan was located at 80, rue Taitbout in the 9th arrondissement of Paris . In 1918, he married Marguerite Canod Emilia, but do not have children. He is buried in Paris Cemetery Chapel.
René Louis Péan, born in Paris on 1 July 1875 and died on 4 September 1955. Student of Jules Cheret, he created between 1895 and 1905 in the workshop Chaix many posters for the entertainment and leisure. His family is from the Sarthe and had moved to Paris at the beginning of the Second Empire. In 1889 he became an apprentice lithographer in the workshop of Jules Cheret , now, after 1881 , the Imprimerie Chaix, at 20 rue Bergère, where he remained until 1910. In 1891, he also studied lithography at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris. At Chaix, where he has colleagues Lucien Lefevre and Georges Meunier, production of posters for the theater, tourism, department stores, modern manufactured goods is abundant: 150 posters about between 1895 and 1913. They feature smiling, elegant young women or landscapes and monuments described with near-photographic precision. Two of his productions have been reproduced from the boards of the Masters of the Poster: Instead Clichy (1898) and In the three districts (1899). In December 1899 , an article on the Shakespeare play in the journal The Ramp, attests to the fact that he is the costume designer. In 1901, he participated in the collection of one hundred and 1903, the contest for the poster Byrrh . He also drew for the press in newspapers like Le Sourire , L'Illustration , Our leisure or The Ramp . He was mobilized in 1914, and kept this period of drawings on the front. The war seems to have marked a break in his career: his poster production is much less important after 1920. It seems then turn to the creation of works for advertising purposes in the form of. Chromolithographies representative girls, views Three-quarters, whose hairstyles vary: harlequin, colombine or maiden to beret. His oil paintings, watercolors and pastels resume topics in fashion: classic or Spanish dancers, landscapes, views of Montmartre , love scenes, but also portraits or family scenes. He is a friend of Alfons Mucha. The workshop Péan was located at 80, rue Taitbout in the 9th arrondissement of Paris . In 1918, he married Marguerite Canod Emilia, but do not have children. He is buried in Paris Cemetery Chapel.