Person Details

Birthday: 1869-09-16 06:35:15

Death: 1939-05-11 06:35:15

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Morges, Switzerland

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Biography

Jean Morax (16 September 1869 – 11 May 1939) was a painter, theater decorator and draftsman from the Canton of Vaud. A pupil of Édouard Castres in Geneva then of Benjamin Constant, of Luc-Olivier Merson and Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris, Jean Morax shared his life between Paris, Florence and Switzerland. He exhibited his paintings influenced by the Nabis in Geneva, notably at the National Exhibition (1896), in Paris (bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900)) and in Munich (1905). With his brother René, he created the Théâtre du Jorat in Mézières in 1903; There, he designed costumes, sets and posters, especially for Henriette (1908), Tell (1914), Le Roi David (1921), and La belle de Moudon (1931). He created the costumes of the 1905 Fête des vignerons in Vevey. Source: Article "Jean Morax" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

The Vintner's Festival - Vevey 1905
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The Vintner's Festival - Vevey 1905

(1905) Costume Design

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