Paul Paquereau (1871-1950) Bigoudène Brittany Finistère Raoul Dufy Othon Friesz
Louis-Paul Paquereau, born January 17, 1871, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, the city where he died on March 2, 1956 in the 16th arrondissement, is a French theater decorator and painter. Of Norman family origin, Paul Paquereau started at the Salon des Indépendants in 1924. He was close to Charles Dufresne, Raoul DUFY and Othon Friesz with whom he exhibited. He paints brightly colored watercolors, made on the motif in the country of Nice, Normandy, the South-West of France and in particular Quercy where he often resides. In the theater, he designs sets for shows by André Antoine, Jacques Copeau, Lugné-Poe, and for the Ballets Russes, the Comédie-Française, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Théâtre de l’Odéon and the Metropolitan Opera of New York, the Philadelphia Opera, the Chicago.