Adrienne Jouclard

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameAimée Lucie Adrienne•Jouclard
Used nameAdrienne•Jouclard
Born4 September 1882 in Onville, Meurthe-et-Moselle (FRA)
Died14 December 1972 in Versailles, Yvelines (FRA)
NOC France

Biography

Adrienne Jouclard studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She then became an art teacher, and during the German occupation encouraged their students to capture their own expressions of the experiences and injustices of the war in their images.

Jouclard painted in a lively and pleasing style – her documentary style paintings of dance halls and sporting events are probably the best of her oeuvre. Therefore, she was considered the “Queen of the Movement”. Further inspiration came from her home region Lorraine and from trips to North Africa. She spent most of her life in Versailles and in the valley of the Rupt de Mad, a tributary of the Moselle. Later, she was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor. In 1972, after 14 days in a coma, she died at the age of 89 from injuries she suffered in a car accident in Versailles. Her own museum has been set up in her birthplace Onville. Numerous other works are in the French Sports Museum.

As Boxers were one of her favorite motifs, it is unknown which of her numerous paintings and drawings was submitted. Rowing, on the other hand, is a rare motif. It is therefore very likely that it was the painting L’Aviron à Joinville (oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm). Hockey is also a recurring motif, often in the form of sketches and studies. The picture Match de hockey sur glace, Jeux Olympiques, Los Angeles, 1932 - more correctly Lake Placid - was obviously created in this year. In 1948 Adrienne Jouclard participated again with the painting Rugby à Jean Bouin, a stadium which is still in use today after major renovations.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions FRA Adrienne Jouclard
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC
1948 Summer Olympics Art Competitions FRA Adrienne Jouclard
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC

Special Notes