Marcel Gimond

Marcel Antoine Gimond (1894–1961) was a French sculptor known for his busts, statues, and portraits in bronze.

Biography

Gimond was born in the Ardèche region of France.[1] He first studied at the Beaux-Arts Academy in Lyon and was the student in turn of both Aristide Maillol[1] and Auguste Rodin. Gimond was an influential Professor at the Paris École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts until 1960. He was uniquely invited to exhibit his modeled busts at both the Paris salon and with the surrealists.[2]

Garlanded with the Grand Prix National des Arts in 1957, Gimond, who was the son of a metal-worker, is considered to be France's last great portraitist or sculptor of the bust. The possessor of a vast sculptural knowledge, Gimond was famed for his purified style which sought the permanence of forms beneath his subjects' individuality .

Marcel Gimond maintained a concise critique of sculpture, and taught that monumentality in sculpture was universal throughout the civilizations of the world, in recognition of the varied sculptural achievements of Egyptian, Khmer, Sumerian or pre-Columbian art; holding that "Art is a language, the sole which has the privilege to be universal, and which, across frontiers, can unite all that which is not alien to humanity."

Gimond is known for his many heads and portraits of political and artistic figures and his distinctive bronze busts and these are to be seen in numerous museums in France, Luxembourg, and in the National Portrait Gallery, London.[3]

Gimond's students include artists William McVey and Hugo Weber.[4][5]

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References
  1. "Gimond, Marcel Antoine : Benezit Dictionary of Artists - oi". oxfordindex.oup.com. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00074096. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. "galerie-malaquais". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  3. "Collection: Marcel Gimond". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  4. Gilbert, Dorothy B., ‘Who’s Who in American Art 1962, R. R. Bowker Company, New York, 1962 p, 416
  5. "Hugo Weber, 53, Abstract Artist". The New York Times. 1971-08-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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