Pascin, Jules (1885-1930) - The Blue Chemise 1929

Portrait by Bulgarian-American artist, Jules Pascin.

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Jules Pascin (1885-1930), born Julius Mordecai Pincas, also known as the "Prince of Montparnasse", was a Bulgarian artist of the School of Paris. He later became an American citizen. His most frequent subject was women, depicted in casual poses, usually nude or partly dressed.

Pascin was educated in Vienna and Munich. In December 1905, he moved to Paris, becoming part of the great migration of artists to that city at the start of the 20th century. There he was welcomed by "Les Dômiers" the regular customers of Cafe le Dome. The Dômiers introduced Pascin to Hermine David in 1907. She was also a painter and at the time a student in the Académie Julian and student of Jean-Paul Laurens. The two became lovers. In that same year Pascin had his first solo exhibition at Paul Cassirer Gallery in Berlin. Pascin created thousands of watercolours and sketches, plus drawings and caricatures that he sold to various newspapers and magazines. 

Pascin relocated to London at the outbreak of World War I to avoid service in the Bulgarian army and left for the United States on October 3, 1914. On October 31, Hermine David sailed for the United States to join him. In 1918 Pascin married Hermine David at City Hall in New York City.

In September 1920, Pascin became a naturalised United States citizen, but returned to Paris soon afterward. There he began a relationship with Lucy Vidil Krohg, who had been his lover ten years earlier but had married the Norwegian painter Per Krohg during Pascin's years in America.

Especially after he returned to France, he became the symbol of the Montparnasse artistic community and is more associated with France than the United States. 

Having struggled with depression and alcoholism, Pascin died by suicide at the age of 45.