Jean Delpech’s career from 1935 to 1950
In 2019, the Musée de l'Armée acquired a collection of over 700 drawings and prints by the artist, providing invaluable evidence of the Second World War: mobilized in 1938 in the Alpine hunters until the end of 1940, the painter, who lived in Paris during the Occupation, produced a quasi-ethnographic work on the war.
1946
Jean Delpech’s career
Considers publishing a work illustrated by a series of engravings: “History of the 1939-1945 World War”, a project he finally abandons. Creates a series of engravings on the subject nonetheless, for inclusion in his application file for the Rome Prize for Engraving
February
Exhibition of works by former painters to the armed forces at the Durand-Ruel gallery. The State purchases Le Camp de Rouffach there (FNAC 19803)
Marries Micheline Collard, daughter of Robert Alphonse Collard, aka “Lortac”, a pioneer of animated cartoons
Works by Jean Delpech
https://collectionjeandelpech.musee-armee.fr/en/chronology/1946