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| Jeannine Guillou was the daughter of the Admiral Alphonse Guillou, the " Pilot " 's youngest son (see § Concarneau) and Suzanne Deyrolle's niece. She spent her adolescence with J.D. when the latter came to stay at his grand-mother's. In the early 30's, both longed to become painters. Together, they searched for picturesque landscapes all over Brittany. Some time later, they met again in Morocco. Jeannine was riding on a donkey with her husband, Olek Teslar, a painter of Polish origin, and her younger son, Antek (called later Antoine Tudal). In March 1935, Jean and Jennine showed their works in a same exhibition in the rooms of the Ouest-Africain of Fès. When J.D. saw her again, she had left her husband to live with Nicolas de Stael, who gave her a daughter, Anne de Stael. Jean got on well with Nicolas. The three of them travelled in |
Algeria - which journey was very important to him (see § Training). In 1938, the Staels came back to France after a detour through Italy. J.D. went back straight to Concameau where Jeannine brought Nicolas from June to September. Because of the war, J.D. did not see them again before the end of the Occupation, when they settled in 1943 in Paris, 54 rue Nolet, occupying Pierre Chareau's former studio provided by Jeanne Bucher. There, J.D. met Lanskoy and Pierre Reverdy. He also brought along his friends Etienne. At the time, J.D. and Nicolas de Stael were still searching for their personal identity. They influenced each other - hence a certain similarity in their work, more particularly in the pastels and the " rubbed out charcoal drawings ". After Jeannine's death in 1946, the bonds of friendship between the two gradually slackened. | ||||||
