A pupil of
Édouard Castres in Geneva then of
Benjamin Constant, of
Luc-Olivier Merson and
Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris, Jean Morax shared his life between Paris, Florence and Switzerland. He exhibited his paintings influenced by the
Nabis in Geneva, notably at the National Exhibition (1896), in Paris (bronze medal at the
Exposition Universelle (1900)) and in Munich (1905). With his brother
René, he created the
Théâtre du Jorat in
Mézières in 1903; There, he designed costumes, sets and posters, especially for
Henriette (1908),
Tell (1914),
Le Roi David (1921), and
La belle de Moudon. (1931). He created the costumes of the 1905
Fête des vignerons in
Vevey. == Sources ==