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He painted murals for the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], and [[Radio City Music Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/5672913046/|title=Louis Bouche PRR Mural Artist|work=Flickr – Photo Sharing!}}</ref> He designed club cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YU0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=louis+bouche+artist&source=bl&ots=v8RxrVsbOo&sig=0FTd1Hu6lzEI090OSEEnMQ_jNhw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YT71TuysCKqFsgL4rKy3AQ&ved=0CGMQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=louis%20bouche%20artist&f=false ''LIFE''], August 18, 1941</ref> and was a member of the [[Federal Art Project]].
He painted murals for the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], and [[Radio City Music Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/5672913046/|title=Louis Bouche PRR Mural Artist|work=Flickr – Photo Sharing!}}</ref> He designed club cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YU0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=louis+bouche+artist&source=bl&ots=v8RxrVsbOo&sig=0FTd1Hu6lzEI090OSEEnMQ_jNhw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YT71TuysCKqFsgL4rKy3AQ&ved=0CGMQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=louis%20bouche%20artist&f=false ''LIFE''], August 18, 1941</ref> and was a member of the [[Federal Art Project]].


Bouché was commissioned to paint murals at the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home|Eisenhower Presidential Museum]], [[Main Interior Building|Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building]], [[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building]] and the [[List of United States post office murals#New York|Ellenville, New York]] post office. His art is held by the [[U.S. State Department]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://art.state.gov/artistdetail.aspx?id=139972|title=U.S. Department of State – Art in Embassies|publisher=}}</ref> the [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=11784;type=701|publisher=}}</ref> and [[The Phillips Collection]].<ref>http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/Justice_Department_3.pdf</ref>
Bouché was commissioned to paint murals at the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home|Eisenhower Presidential Museum]], [[Main Interior Building|Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building]], [[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building]] and the [[List of United States post office murals#New York|Ellenville, New York]] post office. His art is held by the [[U.S. State Department]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://art.state.gov/artistdetail.aspx?id=139972|title=U.S. Department of State – Art in Embassies|publisher=}}</ref> the [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=11784;type=701|publisher=}}</ref> and [[The Phillips Collection]].<ref>http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/Justice_Department_3.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>


He taught at the Art Students League in New York, [[University of Cincinnati]], and [[Drake University]]. His papers are held by the [[Archives of American Art]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/louis-bouch-papers-9572|title=Summary of the Louis Bouché papers, 1880–2007 – Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|author=Archives of American Art|publisher=}}</ref>
He taught at the Art Students League in New York, [[University of Cincinnati]], and [[Drake University]]. His papers are held by the [[Archives of American Art]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/louis-bouch-papers-9572|title=Summary of the Louis Bouché papers, 1880–2007 – Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|author=Archives of American Art|publisher=}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*[http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-louis-bouch-11613 An oral history interview with Louis Bouché, 1959 Aug. 7]
*[http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-louis-bouch-11613 An oral history interview with Louis Bouché, 1959 Aug. 7]
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*[http://www.artnet.com/artists/louis-bouch%C3%A9/ artnet.com]
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*[http://americanart.si.edu/images/juley/J0001232_1x.html americanart.si.edu]
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Louis Bouche (center), with Reginald Marsh and William Zorach

Louis George Bouché (March 18, 1896 – August 7, 1969) was an American artist, muralist, and decorator. He was a 1933 Guggenheim Fellow.[1]

Life

Bouché was born in New York City. He traveled to Paris at age thirteen in 1909 to live with family and studied at the Lycée Carnot, Académie Colarossi, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.[2] He studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1915, with Dimitri Romanovsky and Frank Vincent DuMond. In 1921 he married Marian. Bouché curated an art gallery in Wanamaker's department store, from 1922 to 1926.

Murals

He painted murals for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Radio City Music Hall.[3] He designed club cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[4] and was a member of the Federal Art Project.

Bouché was commissioned to paint murals at the Eisenhower Presidential Museum, Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building, Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building and the Ellenville, New York post office. His art is held by the U.S. State Department,[5] the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[6] and The Phillips Collection.[7]

He taught at the Art Students League in New York, University of Cincinnati, and Drake University. His papers are held by the Archives of American Art.[8]

Louis Bouché died on August 7, 1969, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

References

  1. ^ Louis Bouché – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  2. ^ An oral history interview with Louis Bouché, 1959 Aug. 7
  3. ^ "Louis Bouche PRR Mural Artist". Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
  4. ^ LIFE, August 18, 1941
  5. ^ "U.S. Department of State – Art in Embassies".
  6. ^ http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=11784;type=701. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/Justice_Department_3.pdf [dead link‍]
  8. ^ Archives of American Art. "Summary of the Louis Bouché papers, 1880–2007 – Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution".
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