Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny
Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny | |
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Born | 1912 |
Died | 2000 |
Alma mater | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
Occupation | Sculptor |
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Bust of Chateaubriand, designed by Gambier.
Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny (1912 - 2000) was a French sculptor. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts.[1] He won the Prix de Rome in Sculpture for La jeune Eve apparaît à l'aurore première in 1942.[1] He also designed public sculptures, like the bust of François-René de Chateaubriand on the in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Joconde: La jeune Eve apparaît à l'aurore première, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
- ^ Hargrove, June Ellen (1991). The Statues of Paris: An Open Air Pantheon. Paris: Vendome Press. p. 344. ISBN 9780865651210. OCLC 233030330.
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 2000 deaths
- Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts
- French male sculptors
- 20th-century French sculptors
- Prix de Rome winners
- French sculptor stubs