EXHIBITED:
Jacques Bouyssou Solo Exhibition , Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, November 11-30, 1989

ILLUSTRATED:
Jacques Bouyssou Exhibition Catalogue , Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, 1989, color illustrated, pp. 68-69

Jacques Bouyssou was born in Honfleur commune, France. He was acquainted with painting masters such us Othon Friesz, Raoul Dufy, Moïse Kisling, and Fernand Léger at his early age. Bouyssou had studied architecture at the Beaux Arts de Troyes. He started to paint at the time when he began to study in Othon Friez’s studio at Academie de la Grand Chaumière in Paris. Bouyssou won the first prize of the Lower Normandy Salon in 1955, the first prize of Deauville in 1965, and the Me dal of the City of Paris in 1978. In 1987, Bouyssou was appointed the official painter by the French Navy. His works are widely loved around the world. Bouyssou’s exhibitions had been held not only in European cities, but also in the United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Taiwan, and Japan.