Painting The Sailboats

Les Voiliers - oil on canvas signed lower right, titled on the back of the canvas. Jacques Bouyssou, born November 16, 1926 in La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur in Calvados and died January 12, 1997 in Maisons-Laffitte, is a French painter. Jacques Bouyssou is the only son of Justin Bouyssou, an art dealer in Honfleur. From his childhood, Jacques Bouyssou met artists such as Othon Friesz, Raoul Dufy, Lagar Leprin, who became his mentors. He also met Moïse Kisling, Fernand Léger and Ossip Zadkine. Bouyssou studied at the Troyes School of Fine Arts Architecture and drew with the sculptor Janin. He moved to Paris and became a student of Othon Friesz and Lucien Simon at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His talent as a painter was recognized, and he joined the lineage of great painters from Honfleur: Gustave Hamelin, Alexandre Dubourg, Eugène Boudin, Adolphe Marais, Léon Le Clerc… and his first exhibition took place in London in 1955. The following year, Katia Granoff invited him to exhibit in Paris. This was the beginning of a long relationship. His first exhibition took place at the Salon des artistes augerons. In 1961, he made his debut at the Salon de la Marine. He exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Taipei, and Caracas. His works are preserved at the Musée de la Marine, in Paris, and at the Musée Eugène-Boudin in Honfleur. Distinctions: Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1990).