Daniel du Janerand (18 July 1919 – 19 July 1990) was a French painter, muralist, and book illustrator.

Artistic life

He was born in the "Marais", center of Paris, on 18 July 1919. He studied at the

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(National School of Fine Art) in Paris. He was a founder member of the '' Salon "Comparaisons"'' and a member of the ''

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'', ''Salon de la

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'' (Fine Arts National Society), and the ''Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps'' (Painters Witnesses of their Time). Daniel du Janerand exhibited in France, and internationally in the USA, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Japan. His work is in museum collections in Fontainebleau, Lyon, Poitiers, Valenciennes, Villeneuve sur Lot, Créon, Gassin, and Saint-Maur des Fossés.

Awards

*Prix de la revue "Le Peintre" ("The Painter" magazine) (1953) *Prix de la Société des Amateurs d'Art et des Collectionneurs (1955) *Prix

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(1970) *Prix de

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(1984) *Pictures bought by the State, Town of Paris, Museums of Valenciennes, Lyon, Créon, Fontainebleau

Wall paintings

He created murals in French public and grammar schools; eight mural paintings for radio-industry Thomson in Paris, and in 1985, one for S.N.C.F. (French railways company) at

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Book illustrations

* "Le

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" by J.Rousselot * "Feu d'artifice à Zanzibar" (Fireworks in Zanzibar) by Pierre Benoît * "Lève-toi et marche" ("Stand up and walk") by

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His work

In February 1991, doing homage to Daniel du Janerand, his colleague and close friend

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wrote in the catalogue of the exhibition for the centenary of the Fine Arts National Society: "...Daniel du Janerand left some unfinished pictures among which one on his easel: last testimony. Until the last day, he was painting, going more and more to a very sober expression, more and more to the essential of his deepest feelings: his wonderful pastels, drawn from life, still remain as witnesses of his spontaneous inspiration and vigour magnified on the canvas; these finished works impart to you an optimism I often admired: optimism he kept even during his health ordeals; his dynamism, his hope, helped by a great talent, led to a world always better; a paradisiacal light illuminates the spectator. Daniel du Janerand, in the conversations about our art, our life, was always lenient with the others, as the greatest. Formerly, a long time ago, we used to go together in Brie for painting. I still see him in front of his easel..."

References

Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SNBA; ; en, National Society of Fine Arts) was the term under which two groups of French artists united, the first for some exhibitions in the early 1860s, the second since 1890 for annual exhibitions. 1862 Es ...

1890–1990, Biennale 1991, Grand Palais année du centenaire, catalogue p. 22. {{DEFAULTSORT:Janerand, Daniel Du 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 1919 births 1990 deaths French portrait painters Modern painters French muralists