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Charles-Henri Pourquet

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Charles-Henri Pourquet
Pourquet in his studio, 1912
Born
Henri Charles Justin Pourquet

(1877-08-14)14 August 1877
Colombes, France
Died1943 (1944)
Occupationsculptor


Charles-Henri Pourquet, born Henri Charles Justin Pourquet (14 August 1877 – 1943) was a French sculptor.

Life

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Born in Colombes, the son of a baker, Pourquet had Nivernais origins and was a student of Louis-Ernest Barrias and Jules Coutan at the École des beaux-arts de Paris.[1] In 1907, he became a member of the Société des artistes français

He was successful after the First World War, with sculptures of Poilus that served as models for many war memorials in France[2] under three different models: Bust, Poilu, and more particularly the one entitled Resistance, of which several hundred copies will be cast by the Fonderie d'art du Val d'Osne [fr].[3]

Among other works, is "Orpheus at the tomb of Eurydice", a bas-relief which will then be acquired by the State for the new National Conservatory of Music,[4] a monument dedicated to Jules Renard in Chitry-les-Mines (Nièvre)[4] where the writer lived as a child, and the Tombeau de la famille Sabaterie, in the Arlanc (Puy-de-Dôme) cemetery.[4] He remarried at the town hall of the 18th arrondissement on 5 November 1921, with Valentine Saint-Selve.

For a long time, Pourquet had his workshop at Les Fusains [fr], an artists community located at 22 rue Tourlaque [fr][5] in Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement.

Awards

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Salons

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  • Salon des artistes français:
  • 1925: Maréchal Sérurier, stone statue, commissioned by the State.
  • 1928: Statue de mon jeune ami Jean Le Blond, plaster; Tristesse, terracotta statuette.
  • 1935: M. Renaitour, député-maire d'Auxerre, plaster, M. Ortiz, président des Amis de la Légion.

Works

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  • Chitry: Monument to Jules Renard , destroyed in 1942.
  • Lormes: Résistance, Poilu blocking the enemy's way, at the top of the War Memorial.

Critical reception

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  • In May 1919, the magazine L'Art funéraire devoted a complimentary article to him with a photograph on the front page. Each issue, since its publication, has been used to advertise him and describes him as a "statuary of pain".

References

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  1. ^ Stéphane Richemond (2008). Les orientalistes; dictionnaire des sculpteurs, XIXe-XXe siècles. les éditions de l'Amateur. p. 178. ISBN 9782859174842.
  2. ^ Thierry Lemoine; Stéphanie Claisse (2005). Comment (se) sortir de la Grande guerre ?. Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782747592079.
  3. ^ "POURQUET Charles-Henri- Sculpteur". Les monuments aux morts. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Maurice Le Blond. L'œuvre de M. Charles-Henri Pourquet, statuaire. Paris. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016..
  5. ^ "L'Art funéraire et commémoratif, June 1922". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2019-02-07.

Bibliography

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  • Benezit Dictionary of Artists
  • André Roussard, Dictionnaire des peintres à Montmartre, Paris, éditions Roussard, 1999, p. 486.
  • Bernard Morot-Gaudry, La sculpture en Morvan au XXe siècle et début du XXIe, 2017, Éditions Académie du Morvan [fr], bulletin No. 82, p. 17-18.
  • Maurice Le Blond, L'Œuvre de Charles-Henri Pourquet, statuaire, 1921.
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