– Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889, Bordeaux – 16 November 1962, Paris), French painter specializing in – often very erotic – fantasy portraits of Parisian women. Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1906, at the age of seventeen, he exhibited works at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1913, he was awarded the second prize in the Prix de Rome and went on to win the gold medal in 1920. Having first been recognized for his landscapes, his career took a decisive turn during the 1920’s. From that time onward he concentrated on portraits, most of his clientele from among the aristocracy and high society. And with the erotic portraits of a generic “parisienne” for which he is most famous, he claimed to be the inventor of “the pin-up”. From 1955 until 1962 he was the curator of the Musée Jacquemart-André, organising exhibitions of the works of Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya, and others. He was named a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur and Fellow of the Academy of Fine Arts. He died in Paris at the age of seventy-three. Below are two different versions of the Woman with Borzoi. (1930) and The Painter and his Models (1931)