Jacques Touchet (18 September 1887 — 20 November 1949) was a

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. His first

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, ''Croquis d'un prisonnier de guerre'' (

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of a

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) was published in 1917. He illustrated numerous

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until his death.

Biography

Jaques Touchet was born in

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on 17 September 1887, to Narcisse Touchet, a department manager at

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, and Louise Marguerite Félicie Marlier. He was a student o
Paul Renouard
an
Louis Morin
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for the magazine ''L'illustration''. In the

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, he was deployed into the

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and stationed in

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. He produced several paintings and

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s during this time.

Publications

References

Touchet, Jacques 1887 births 1949 deaths {{France-artist-stub