Julius Mordecai Pincas (Jules Pascin): A Biography Julius Mordecai Pincas, known universally as Jules Pascin, stands as a singular voice within the School of Paris—a movement that irrevocably altered the landscape of European art at the dawn of the 20th century. Born in Vidin, Bulgaria, on March 31, 1885, into a wealthy Sephardic Jewish family steeped in grain trading tradition, Pascin’s artistic journey began amidst familial disapproval for his early satirical sketches—a sentiment that spurred him to adopt the pseudonym “Pascin,” an anagram of his surname, safeguarding his reputation and al…