Youla Chapoval
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Youli Chapova
3 November 1919
Jules Schapoval
Youla Chapoval | |
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| Born | Юлій Шаповал Youli Chapova 3 November 1919 Kyiv, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 16 or 17 December 1951 (aged 32) 18th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Body discovered | 19 December 1951 |
| Other names | Jules Chapoval Jules Schapoval |
| Education | Académie de la Grande Chaumière École des beaux-arts de Toulouse École des beaux-arts de Marseille |
| Spouse |
Jeanne Despujols
(m. 1944; div. 1949) |
| Relatives | Beliana (sister) |
| Awards | Kandinsky Prize, 1949 |
Youla Chapoval[a] (né Youli Chapova; Ukrainian: Юлій Шаповал; 3 November 1919 – 19 December 1951) was a Ukrainian-French painter.[1][3]
Youli Chapova (Ukrainian: Юлій Шаповал) was born on 3 November 1919 in Kyiv to a Jewish-Ukrainian family.[1][3] The youngest of three children, Chapoval was the younger brother of Beliana, a painter, opera singer and concert pianist.[2][3][4]
Following the Russian Revolution, the family left Ukraine and settled in Paris in 1924.[1][3] In November 1938, Chapoval met Pablo Picasso.[3] Developing a close friendship, Chapoval began to paint.[3][5] In 1941, Chapova abandoned his medical studies and devoted himself to painting.[6][7]
In 1942, Chapoval settled in the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques and began studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the École des beaux-arts de Toulouse.[1][2][3] Following the Vel' d'Hiv roundup, Chapoval fled to Marseille and began studying at the École des beaux-arts de Marseille.[1][2][3] In Marseille, Chapoval met the art critic Roger van Gindertaël.[3] During this period Chapoval painted in a figurative and realist style.[3] [7]
Career
In 1943, Chapoval's mother, Vera Shapoval (1883–1943), and eldest sister died in Auschwitz.[3][8] Following the Liberation of Paris, Chapoval returned to the capital.[3][7]
From 1945 onwards Chapoval painted in an abstract-geometric style and became part of the New School of Paris.[3][7] In 1946, Chapoval's work began to take on Cubist elements and was influenced by the work of Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes and André Lhote.[3]
In 1949, Chapoval won the Kandinsky Prize alongside Marie Raymond.[6]
