Jules-mile Zingg was born in Montbliard in the mountainous Jura area of Eastern Fr

ance, the son of a clockmaker and woodcutter. He started drawing at four. There
he began to paint the peasants and countryside. He studied the design of clocks
before winning a scholarship to study at the Beaux-Arts school college in Besanon
under Flix Giacomotti in 1901. After a year he won a scholarship to study in Par
is at the cole des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Fernand-Anne Piestre (known by the
pseudonym of Fernand Cormon). He won the second Prix de Rome. His work was acce
pted at the Salon de Artistes Franais. He studied Paul Czanne who became a major i
nfluence on his work. After World War I he began to exhibit at the Salon des Indp
endants and the Salon d'Automne in a modernist style. At Perros-Guirec in Britta
ny he met the founder of Les Nabis, Maurice Denis, Paul Srusier and Georges Hanna
Sabbagh.
In the 1920s, Zingg exhibited frequently in Paris. In 1930 he was awarded the Ch
evalier de la lgion d'honneur. In 1937 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Expo
sition Universelle. He designed tapestries for the Aubusson and Gobelin factorie
s. He became vice-president of the society dedicated to the art of fresco painti
ng, and about 1925 decorated with frescoes the columns of the famous Montparnass
e brasserie, La Coupole.
Zingg's work is to be found in many museum collections including the Muse d'Art M
oderne in Paris and the Muse de la Ville de Paris, as well as museums in Besanon a
nd other French towns. Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been held at t
he Muse de Pont-Aven (2004) and in Paris at the Muse Bourdelle (1990). After World
War I one of his pupils was Claude Gnisson.
Zingg died in Paris.
Jules-mile Zingg was born in Montbliard in the mountainous Jura area of Eastern Fr
ance, the son of a clockmaker and woodcutter. He started drawing at four. There
he began to paint the peasants and countryside. He studied the design of clocks
before winning a scholarship to study at the Beaux-Arts school college in Besanon
under Flix Giacomotti in 1901. After a year he won a scholarship to study in Par
is at the cole des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Fernand-Anne Piestre (known by the
pseudonym of Fernand Cormon). He won the second Prix de Rome. His work was acce
pted at the Salon de Artistes Franais. He studied Paul Czanne who became a major i
nfluence on his work. After World War I he began to exhibit at the Salon des Indp
endants and the Salon d'Automne in a modernist style. At Perros-Guirec in Britta
ny he met the founder of Les Nabis, Maurice Denis, Paul Srusier and Georges Hanna
Sabbagh.
In the 1920s, Zingg exhibited frequently in Paris. In 1930 he was awarded the Ch
evalier de la lgion d'honneur. In 1937 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Expo
sition Universelle. He designed tapestries for the Aubusson and Gobelin factorie
s. He became vice-president of the society dedicated to the art of fresco painti
ng, and about 1925 decorated with frescoes the columns of the famous Montparnass
e brasserie, La Coupole.
Zingg's work is to be found in many museum collections including the Muse d'Art M
oderne in Paris and the Muse de la Ville de Paris, as well as museums in Besanon a
nd other French towns. Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been held at t
he Muse de Pont-Aven (2004) and in Paris at the Muse Bourdelle (1990). After World
War I one of his pupils was Claude Gnisson.
Zingg died in Paris.
Jules-mile Zingg was born in Montbliard in the mountainous Jura area of Eastern Fr
ance, the son of a clockmaker and woodcutter. He started drawing at four. There
he began to paint the peasants and countryside. He studied the design of clocks
before winning a scholarship to study at the Beaux-Arts school college in Besanon
under Flix Giacomotti in 1901. After a year he won a scholarship to study in Par
is at the cole des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Fernand-Anne Piestre (known by the

pseudonym of Fernand Cormon). He won the second Prix de Rome. His work was acce
pted at the Salon de Artistes Franais. He studied Paul Czanne who became a major i
nfluence on his work. After World War I he began to exhibit at the Salon des Indp
endants and the Salon d'Automne in a modernist style. At Perros-Guirec in Britta
ny he met the founder of Les Nabis, Maurice Denis, Paul Srusier and Georges Hanna
Sabbagh.
In the 1920s, Zingg exhibited frequently in Paris. In 1930 he was awarded the Ch
evalier de la lgion d'honneur. In 1937 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Expo
sition Universelle. He designed tapestries for the Aubusson and Gobelin factorie
s. He became vice-president of the society dedicated to the art of fresco painti
ng, and about 1925 decorated with frescoes the columns of the famous Montparnass
e brasserie, La Coupole.
Zingg's work is to be found in many museum collections including the Muse d'Art M
oderne in Paris and the Muse de la Ville de Paris, as well as museums in Besanon a
nd other French towns. Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been held at t
he Muse de Pont-Aven (2004) and in Paris at the Muse Bourdelle (1990). After World
War I one of his pupils was Claude Gnisson.
Zingg died in Paris.