Portrait of the artist

Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau

(1873-1919)

As a painter he was member of the “Salon des Indépendants” from 1896-1914 and exhibited there
At the end of 1904 he exhibited three paintings at the “Salon d’Automne
Although an important representative of Fauvism, he is almost forgotten because of his early death
As a publicist he works for magazines such as “Les Partisans”, “La revue verlainienne” and “Editions de la Maison d’art”.
From 1904 to 1914 he edited the magazine ” Les tendances nouvelles ” and supported artists like Kandinsky, Feininger, Archipenko, Cézanne and Rousseau with exhibitions and publications