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Carzou Jean (Garnik Zouloumian) (1907-2000)
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1907- born in Aleppo, Syria to an Armenian family. He got education in Cairo, Egypt before moving to Paris in 1924 to study architecture.
He started working as a theater decorator but quickly realized he preferred drawing and painting.
1938 - more than a hundred exhibitions of his works were organized in Paris, in the French provinces and abroad.
1949 - received the coveted Hallmark prize.
1952 - created costumes and sceneries for Les Indes Galantes of Rameau at the Opéra de Paris. He continued with Le Loup (1953) for "Les Ballets" of Roland Petit, Giselle (1954) and Athalie (1955) at the Opéra and "La Comédie française".
1977- was elected a member of the Institut de France, Académie des beaux-arts.
He was also awarded the National Order of Merit of France.
2000 - Officer of the Legion of honour, Commander of the Order of Merit and Commander of the Arts and Letters,
2000 - died in France.
Carzou museum exists in the town of Dinard (Brittany).
