Jean Carzou
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Jean Carzou (1907 Aleppo, Syria – August 12, 2000 Marsac-sur-l’Isle, Dordogne) was born to an Armenian family (his name was Garnik Zouloumian). Carzou arrived in Paris in 1924 to study architecture. Working as a theatre decorator, he quickly preferred drawing and painting. From 1938, more than a hundred exhibitions of his works were organised in Paris, in province and in the foreign countries. In 1949, he received the famous Hallmark price.
A Carzou museum exists in the town of Dinard (Britanny). In 1952, he created costumes and sceneries for "les Indes Galantes" of Rameau at the Opéra de Paris . He continued with "Le Loup" (1953) for "les Ballets" of Roland Petit, Giselle (1954) and Athalie (1955) at the Opéra and "la Comédie française".
Member of the Institut de France.
He was Jean-Marie Carzou's father.
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