Pascin, Jules

orig. Julius Pincas

(born , March 31, 1885, Vidin, Bulg.—died June 1, 1930, Paris, France) Bulgarian painter. He traveled widely and lived in Austria and Germany, producing drawings for satirical journals, before moving to Paris in 1905. He moved to New York City during World War I and became a U.S. citizen but returned to Paris in 1920 and became associated with other Jewish artists, including Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaim Soutine. His most notable works are thinly painted, delicately toned, ironic studies of women; he also painted portraits and a series of large-scale biblical and mythological scenes. Though financially successful, he was emotionally unstable; he hanged himself at 45.

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