Jean Bouchaud (1891 in Saint Herblain near Nantes – 1977 in Nantes) was a French painter.
He was fascinated by travel since his childhood seeing ships from Africa call at Nantes.
[1] Apart from his travels in Africa and elsewhere, he also received a bursary of the French colonial government in Indochina and traveled in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam during 1924–25, winning the Prix d'Indochine.
He was elected a member of the Institut de France, académie des Beaux-Arts, in 1951, in the seat of George Desvallières, he was succeeded by Jean Carzou in 1979.
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