Jacques Ochs (1883-1971) Oil On Canvas "still Life" Signed And Dated Lower Right 1940

Jacques OCHS (1883-1971) Oil on canvas "Still life" Signed and dated lower right 1940 Dimensions: 50 x 60 cm frame: 63 x 74 cm Jacques Ochs, born February 18, 1883 in Nice and died April 3, 1971 (at 88 years old) in Liège, is a painter, draftsman, portraitist and Olympic fencing champion. Jacques Ochs completes the Academy - 1903 - stays briefly in Tuscany, continues his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris (1904-1906). Cartoonist for “Why Pas?”, poster designer and portraitist, collaborates with Le Petit Parisien and the Belgian Nation. Olympic gold medalist in fencing in Stockholm - 1912 - and world champion in epee in Barcelona - 1914. In 1934, was appointed director of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts (Liège). Bibliography: Encyclopedia of the Walloon Movement, Charleroi, Institut Destrée, 2001, vol. III, p. 1200-1201 New National Biography, Brussels, 1997, vol. 4, p. 283-285 Jacques Ochs (1883-1971) graphic work, Jacques and Yvonne Ochs-Lefèvre Foundation, Catalog written by Bénédicte SCHIFFLERS, Brussels, 1997 Biographical index of the members, correspondents and associates of the Belgian Academy, 1769-1984, p . 198 Wallonia, the Country and the People, t. 3, p. 271 Retrospective Jacques Ochs. Museum of Walloon Art. Liège 1975 Jacques OCHS, Breendonck, convicts and executioners (1947)