Marble Sculpture
Artist: Dans Le Goût De D’après Gemignani Ulysse
MARBLE SCULPTURE in the style of Ulysse Gemignani
Depicting a pensive young woman sitting on a bench
About: Ulysse Gemignani was a French sculptor bornin Paris on December 21, 1906, and died inthe same city on January 21, 1973BiographyUlysse Jean-Baptiste Antonin Marius Gemignani was born inthe 13th arrondissement of Paris on December 21,1906.He enrolled at the École nationale supérieuredes beaux-arts in Paris, where he studied under Jean-Antoine Injalbert and later Henri Bouchard, and began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes français as early as1929.After winning his first Second Grand Prix deRome for sculpture in 1932, he was awarded theFirst Grand Prix the following year for *Orpheus Calms the Storm*. He stayed atthe Villa Medici between 1934 and 1937, where he metYvonne Desportes, who had won, thethe previous year, the First Grand Prix de Rome for musical composition. Shewould become his wife, and the couple would have three children, including Vincent,a composer and percussionist, and Michel Gémignani, a painter and winner of thePrix de Rome in 1966[2].The family lived in Méricourt in the Yvelines department.In 1937, he received a gold medal at the Salon and was classifiedas “out of competition.” He became a member of the jury for the Salon des Artistes Français, and laterfor the Prix de Rome.He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in1955.He died on January 21, 1973, at his homein the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Depicting a pensive young woman sitting on a bench
About: Ulysse Gemignani was a French sculptor bornin Paris on December 21, 1906, and died inthe same city on January 21, 1973BiographyUlysse Jean-Baptiste Antonin Marius Gemignani was born inthe 13th arrondissement of Paris on December 21,1906.He enrolled at the École nationale supérieuredes beaux-arts in Paris, where he studied under Jean-Antoine Injalbert and later Henri Bouchard, and began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes français as early as1929.After winning his first Second Grand Prix deRome for sculpture in 1932, he was awarded theFirst Grand Prix the following year for *Orpheus Calms the Storm*. He stayed atthe Villa Medici between 1934 and 1937, where he metYvonne Desportes, who had won, thethe previous year, the First Grand Prix de Rome for musical composition. Shewould become his wife, and the couple would have three children, including Vincent,a composer and percussionist, and Michel Gémignani, a painter and winner of thePrix de Rome in 1966[2].The family lived in Méricourt in the Yvelines department.In 1937, he received a gold medal at the Salon and was classifiedas “out of competition.” He became a member of the jury for the Salon des Artistes Français, and laterfor the Prix de Rome.He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in1955.He died on January 21, 1973, at his homein the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
2 200 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Good condition
Material: Marble
Width: 37
Height: 51
Depth: 27
Reference (ID): 1782407
Availability: In stock
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