What is Jacques Houplain?
{{Infobox person | name = Jacques Houplain | image = J-Houplain.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Houplain in 2007 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 10 September 1920 | birth_place = [[Luneray]], [[France]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|02|22|1920|09|10}} | death_place = [[Limoux]], France | nationality = [[French people|French]] | other_names = | occupation = Painter | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Jacques Houplain''' (10 September 1920 – 22 February 2020) was a French painter and engraver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4335/Houplain/Jacques|title=Jacques Houplain|work=The Annex Galleries}}</ref> Along with engraving and painting, Houplain studied art history. He was a fellow at the Maison Descartes in [[Amsterdam]], and he studied the work of [[Hercules Seghers]] and his influences on [[Rembrandt]]. He won the [[Abd-el-Tif prize]] in 1949 and stayed in [[Algeria]] for the two following years. Upon his return to [[France]], Houplain began teaching art history at the [[École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art]]. Houplain died on 22 February 2020 at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/nouvdelestampe/status/1231871928568250368|title=Annonce|date=24 February 2020|work=Twitter|language=French}}</ref> ==Illustrations== *''Chants de Maldoror'' (1947) *''Genèse'' (1949) *''Poésies'' (1952) *''Odes amoureuses'' (1953) *''La Clef des champs'' (1957) *''Éloge du poème'' (1959) *''Rendez-Vous'' (1974) *''Lieux des Crépuscules retrouvés'' (1989) *''Masks'' (1994) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Houplain, Jacques}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French academics]] [[Category:French painters]] [[Category:People from Seine-Maritime]] {{bio-stub}}