FRENCH UKIYO-E

     Paul Jacoulet ( 1896-1960 ) was a French wood-block print ( ukiyo-e ) and watercolors artist. He spent most his life in Japan, though his talent and genius are much praised and recognized among the Japanese and American public. The prints of Paul jacoulet are covering a large of French, japanese, Korean, Chinese and Micronesian subjects. The Yokohama Museum of Art has exhibited his prints, drawings, watercolors and paintings on silk from 19 April until 15 June 2003. The same year, l'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo presented the collection of Christian POLAK on 8-27 May 2003, centered on Paul jacoulet wood-block prints. The First big exhibition in Paris for Paul Jacoulet at QUAI BRANLY Museum from 26 February to 19 May 2013.

Paul Jacoulet in 1935. ( Tokyo )

The Yokohama Museum of Art.

Paul Jacoulet exhibition at L'Institut Franco-Japonais

de Tokyo 2003.

Exhibition Poster " Couleurs d' Asie, Estampes de

Paul Jacoulet " at National Museum of Korea in 2006.

Exhibition " Un Artiste Voyageur En Micronésie " at

 Quai Branly Museum in Paris on 26 February-19 May 2013.

A Parisian Lady 1934.

Kiyoshi, Tokyo 1939.

The Yellow-Eyed Boys 1940.

Goldfish 1942.

The treasure, Korea 1940.

Le Nautilus, Yap 1958.

( Paul Jacoulet Exhibition Catalog 2003 )

Jeune homme de Fais tatoué, Quest Carolines

1935. ( Paul Jacoulet Exhibition Catalog 2013 )

 

Paul Jacoulet exhibition 2015

at Maison Franco-Japonaise ( Tokyo )

from 23 January 2015 to 15 February 2015.

 

Christian Polak ( left ), Therese Inagaki ( center ) and

Christophe Marquet ( right ) French Director of La Maison

Franco-Japonaise at Paul Jacoulet exhibition 2015 in Tokyo Japan.

 

Jinsun Iesawonwong

Paul Jacoulet exhibition opening at Galerie de la

Maison Franco-Japonaise inTokyo on 23 January 2015.

 

Christian Polak ( right ) and Sophie Makariou ( left )

Guimet Museum President at Paul Jacoulet exhibition

in Tokyo, Japan on 27 January 2015.

 

 

 Paul Jacoulet lecture by Christian Polak at La Maison

Franco-Japonaise on 6 February 2015.

 

Christian Polak ( left ) and Aso Eiji ( right )

Paul Jacoulet exhibition reception party on 6 February 2015.