Louis George Bouché (March 18, 1896 – August 7, 1969) was an American artist, muralist, and decorator. He was a 1933Guggenheim Fellow.[1]
Bouché was born in New York City. He traveled to Paris at age thirteen in 1909 to live with family and studied at theLycée Carnot,Académie Colarossi, and theAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière.[2]He studied at theArt Students League of New York in 1915, withDimitri Romanovsky andFrank Vincent DuMond. In 1921 he married Marian.Bouché curated an art gallery inWanamaker's department store, from 1922 to 1926.
He painted murals for thePennsylvania Railroad andRadio City Music Hall.[3] He designed club cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[4] and was a member of theFederal Art Project.
Bouché was commissioned to paint murals at theEisenhower Presidential Museum,Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building,Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building and theEllenville, New York, post office. His art is held by theU.S. State Department,[5] theMuseum of Modern Art,Whitney Museum of American Art, theLos Angeles County Museum of Art,[6] andThe Phillips Collection.[7]
He taught at the Art Students League in New York,University of Cincinnati, andDrake University. His papers are held by theArchives of American Art.[8]
Louis Bouché died on August 7, 1969, inPittsfield, Massachusetts.
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