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- ↑ Insiders' Guide to Shreveport - Page 91 David Otto - 2010 MEADOWS MUSEUM OF ART AT CENTENARY COLLEGE FREE 2911 Centenary Blvd., Shreveport (318) 869-5169 www.centenary.edu/meadows In 1936, French artist Jean Despujols was selected by the Grand Conseil Economique of ...
- ↑ Earth in flower: the divine mystery of the Cambodian dance drama Paul Cravath - 2007 Certainly they made a deep impression on an eminent painter commissioned by the Grand Conseil Economique of French ... His name was Jean Despujols, and he spent twenty months (December 1936-August 1938) in some of the remotest ..."
- ↑ Hommage à Raphaël: : Volume 1 Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) - 1983 Historique : Soumis le 16 mai 1936 à la Société des Artistes Coloniaux de Paris qui charge alors Despujols, à la requête du Grand Conseil Économique d'Indochine, d'une mission documentaire en Extrême-Orient (?); don au musée, 1936."
- ↑ Early History of Monroe - Page 24 Sylvester Breard - 2011 "Jean Despujols made Shreveport his home for many years. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana. He was educated in France and Italy and was an acclaimed artist in his native France"
- ↑ Louisiana - Page 375 Richard Bizier - 1999 -"Interesting collection of 360 works by American painter Jean Despujols depicting lndochina in the thirties."
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