Robert Poughéon | |
Birth Date: | 18 July 1886 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Field: | painting |
Training: | Jean-Paul Laurens, Albert Besnard École des Beaux-Arts, École des Arts Décoratifs |
Movement: | Art Deco |
Works: | Amazones |
Awards: | Prix de Rome, Légion d'Honneur |
Death Date: | 1 March 1955 |
Eugène Robert Poughéon (18 July 1886 – 1 March 1955) born in Paris, was a French artist, painter, illustrator and museum curator.
Poughéon studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Albert Besnard at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and later at the École des Arts Décoratifs with Charles Lameire.
In 1914 Poughéon won the Prix de Rome.[1] In 1927, he was awarded the silver medal at the Paris Salon, and two years later the gold medal.[2] In 1935 he started teaching at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie Julian.[3] He was made director of the French Academy in Rome in 1942, and soon after became curator of the Musée Jacquemart-André.
Besides his paintings, murals, frescoes, and decors, Poughéon also illustrated books as well as providing artwork for banknotes.[4]