Jacques Majorelle | |
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Born | Nancy, France | 7 March 1886
Died | 14 October 1962 Paris, France | (aged 76)
Known for | Painting |
Notable work | Majorelle Garden; Majorelle Blue |
Movement | Orientalist, Modernist |
Jacques Majorelle (7 March 1886 – 14 October 1962), son of the celebrated Art Nouveau furniture designer Louis Majorelle, was a French painter. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy in 1901 and later at the Académie Julian in Paris with Schommer and Royer. Majorelle became a noted Orientalist painter, but is most remembered for constructing the villa and gardens that now carry his name, the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech.