Jean Lemonnier Sculptor, Official Painter Of The Navy

Jean Lemonnier Sculptor, Official Painter of the Navy Rocher aux Tournepierres Bronze, signed and numbered 2/8 Cast Chapon Height: 36.5 x 45 x 34.5cm Jean was born in Caen on September 2, 1950. Self-taught, he has been practicing sculpture since 1978. "Sculpture has established itself as the language through which I express my truths. And it is through sculpture that I try, daily, to celebrate the one who is my guide, my passion: Nature, a long procession of beauty, inspiration and splendors." He discovered Auvergne in 1978 where he lived for 13 years near Salers. It was there that sculpture took hold of him. It was wood that he then worked mainly with. In 1986 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels for a time. He left Auvergne for La Gacilly, Morbihan in 1990, where he has lived and worked ever since. In La Gacilly, he discovered new materials: schist, granite, and more exotic onyx, which he sculpted directly. He assembled salvaged iron, modeled terracotta, and then came his first bronze creations. It was in La Gacilly that Yves Rocher's patronage allowed him to execute several monumental sculptures which were named official painter of the navy in 2005. 1989 Aurillac Salon, 1st Prize for Sculpture guest of honor at the Saint-Flour Summer Salon 1991 Collioure International Sculpture Exhibition 1997-2001 International Salon of Animal Artists (Henri Mory Prize) 1998 Natural History Museum in Paris Museum of Natural Sciences, in Orléans Salon of Marine Painters in Paris (Silver Medal) 2000 Concarneau Sculpture Symposium Regard sur les Arts in Lamballe Salon of Animal Artists in Bry-sur-Marne Salon of French Artists (Gold Medal) 2001 Salon of Marine Painters (Paris) distinction Guest of honor at the Salon of Young Painting Ste-Maxime.