JACQUES FOURCY 1906-1990)
Les Courtes (3 ,856 m-12, 650ft)
France (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes)
In Les Courtes vues des Petites Aiguilles Rouges du Dolent, Chamonix huile sur toile, 1947
The mountain
Les Courtes (3 ,856 m-12, 650ft) meaning in french The Short ones, are a series of summits on the French side of the Mont-Blanc massif. They are located on the link which, from the Aiguille de Triolet to the Aiguille Verte, separates the Talèfre glacier to the south and the Argentière glacier to the north. Between Les Droites and the Ravanel and Mummery needles, they appear as a long ridge with several summits from the Col des Droites (3,733 m- 12 247ft)) in the northwest to the Col des Cristaux (3,601 m- 11,814 ft ) in the southeast :
- the Tour des Courtes (3,816 m- 12,519 ft), with the pass of the Tour des Courtes (3,720 m) where the normal route passes
- West Shoulder (3,841 m- 12,601 ft )
- Les Courtes (3 ,856 m -12, 650 ft)
- Chenavier needle (3,799 m - 12,463 ft)
- Aiguille Croulante (Falling Needle) (3,765 m - 12,352 ft)
- Aiguille Qui Remue (Moving Needle) (3,724 m -12, 217ft )
The northeast face, the crossing of Les Courtes (followed by the Ravanel and Mummery needles), the north-northeast northeast spur, and the north face are respectively no 29, no 38, no 76 and no 94 among the 100 most beautifull races of the Mont-Blanc massif by Gaston Rébuffat.
The painter
Jacques Fourcy was a French painter, member of the Société des peintres de montagnes.
Born in Paris, he studied engineering at Ecole Centrale Paris and then joined the railways firm Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM), then the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer. A prisoner of war for five years, he was repatriated as a result of the loss of one eye; he later receives the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945.
His training seems to be that of an self taught one. He began to paint very early, especially watercolors at first. He paints in his spare time and after his retirement. He joined the Société des peintres de montagnes in 1925 and exhibited at the Salon of French artists from 1926. Well known for his particularly lively and colorful watercolors, he also devoted himself, especially after the Second World War, to the oil painting most often done on panels (Isorel). He especially painted the high mountains; his works represent in particular the great peaks of the Chamonix Valley and Oisans but also the summits of the Swiss Alps. The Museum of Chamonix exhibits several of his works.
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