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Jean de Gaigneron, 22 Feb. 1890 in Paris- 30 Jan. 1976; French painter.
Because his nephew Jean-René is also a painter, there is confusion over the attribution of certain works. (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Gaigneron)
From newspaper articles, it is clear that Jean de Gaigneron shared the same active social life that his older brother the Viscount Elie de Gaigneron and his wife had in Paris.
Jean de Gaigneron was equally connected to the literary and artistic world of France of the early part of the 20th century. Literary scholars know of him because of the letter that Marcel Proust wrote to him in 1919. In the letter, Proust confessed to Gaigneron that the architecture of a cathedral acted as the primary metaphor for his writing.
Despite his obvious connections to the artistic elite of France, Jean de Gaigneron appears to have been ignored by contemporary art historians. We have not been able to locate a single biography or study of his art work published in print or online.*
"If Jean de Gaigneron continues to paint the way he does, he will without any doubt have a fantastic future."
In 1890, Jean is born to Viscount Marie-Paul- Philippe- Maxime GAIGNERON MORIN (1842-1908) and his second wife Agnes de Gontaut-Biron (1862-1941) in Paris, France.
For artistic purposes, it appears that Marie Joseph Paul Jean de Gaigneron-Morin took the name of "Jean de Gaigneron" and "Count Jean de Gaigneron".
Circa 1910 Jean de Gaigneron began studying art under the French painter Othon Fiesz, who was part of the Fauvist art movement..... Jean was also the student of the painter Jacques-Emile Blanche. Perhaps, it was Blanche that inspired Jean de Gaigneron to turn into a portrait artist. (http://demarolles.blogspot.nl/2014/05/jean-de-gaigneron-painter-1890-1976.html)
*Indeed, only Wikipedia page on this man is in French; nothing in English. undefined