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'''René Iché''' ([[January 12]], [[1897]] – [[December 23]], [[1954]]) is a 20th century [[France|French]] [[sculptor]].
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'''René Iché''' (21 January 1897 – 23 December 1954) was a 20th-century French [[sculpture|sculptor]].


==Life and work==
* Born Jan 12 1897, Salleles-d'Aude, France.
René Iché was born in Sallèles-d'Aude, [[France]]. He fought in [[World War I]], where he was injured and gassed. After the war, he earned a degree in [[law]], but also studied [[sculpture]] with [[Antoine Bourdelle]] and [[architecture]] with [[Auguste Perret]]. In 1927, his pacific monument of [[Ouveillan]] (a Monumental Modern church in the South of France) was well received. During his first solo exhibition, at the art dealer [[Léopold Zborowski]] in 1931, two sculptures were acquired by the [[Musée National d'Art Moderne]] in [[Paris]] (now in the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]]) and the [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] in [[Rotterdam]].<ref name="Maillard">*Robert Maillard, ''Dictionary of Modern Sculpture'', 1962. Tudor. 310 pages. Page 141.</ref><ref name="Seuphor">*Michel Seuphor, ''The Sculpture of this Century, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture''. 1959. Zwemmer. Page 282.</ref>
* Died Dec 23 1954, Paris, France.

[[File:Pereetfils.jpg|thumb|left|{{center|''Père et Fils'' (1925)}}]]In 1928, he married his model Rosa Achard, known as Renée.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2016/05/26/rene-iche-un-artiste-engage-reste-fidele-a-ses-origines,2204678.php |title=René Iché, un artiste engagé resté fidèle à ses origines |newspaper=L'Indépendant |date=May 28, 2016 |language=fr}}</ref> His daughter [[Laurence Iché|Laurence]], who later became a writer, was a model for some of his work.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2007/09/29/laurence-iche_961105_3382.html |title=Laurence Iché |newspaper=Le Monde |date=September 29, 2007 |language=fr}}</ref>

Iché was a very good friend of [[Max Jacob]], close to [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Jacques Lipchitz]], [[Ossip Zadkine|Zadkine]] and a childhood friend of [[Joë Bousquet]]. He sculpted the faces of [[André Breton]],<ref>Lyford Amy, Surrealist masculinities, Ed. University Presses Of California, Columbia And Princeton (United States), 2007.</ref> [[Paul Éluard]] and [[Federico García Lorca]].

In his studio of [[Montparnasse]], in 1937, he executed a ''[[Guernica (sculpture)|Guernica]]'' sculpture on the day (27 April 1937) of the announcement of this event on the radio station. Upon completing the work he did not wish to exhibit it.

He was amongst the 200 pioneers of the [[French Resistance]] – he was in the [[Groupe du musée de l'Homme]] – during the summer of 1940 and participated at the [[Degenerate art]] exhibitions. He sculpted so ''La Déchirée'' (''The Torn''), which was brought to London and given to General [[Charles de Gaulle]], became one of the symbols of the French Resistance.<ref name="Maillard"/><ref name="Seuphor"/>

He participated at the [[Venice Biennale]] in 1948 with ''Le Couple'' ([[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]]) and received the ''Grand Prix de Sculpture'' in 1953 for ''Melpomène 36''. His work was also part of the [[Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics#Sculpture|sculpture event]] in the [[Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics|art competition]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920342 |title=René Iché |work=Olympedia |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref> He was chosen to sculpt ''the [[Guillaume Apollinaire|Apollinaire]] Monument'' in Paris<ref>Peter Read, Picasso and Apollinaire. Ed. University Presses Of California, Columbia And Princeton (United States), April 2008.</ref> and an ''[[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]' Memorial'' in [[Poland]], but both projects were interrupted by his premature death in Paris.

Iché's work is close to [[surrealism]] and like the sculptors [[Alberto Giacometti]] and [[Germaine Richier]] inherits an aesthetic born from the workshop of Antoine Bourdelle.<ref name="Maillard"/><ref name="Seuphor"/>

{{quote|On the manure of the Millennia after geological cataclysms and warlike disasters, only the statues will remain.|René Iché <ref>Premier Manifeste des Sculpteurs, by René Iché, Surrealist trac, November 1949</ref>}}

==Film==
[[Jean-Pierre Melville]]'s film ''[[Army of Shadows]]'' (''L'Armée des ombres'', 1969) is based, like the novel of [[Joseph Kessel]], on the Resistance network to which Iché belonged, Cohors-Asturies. The character of [[Luc Jardie]] (Paul Meurisse) is inspired by Iché{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}.

==See also==
*[[Art manifesto]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture'', 1978. G.K. Hall. Page 488.
*Jane Clapp, ''Sculpture Index''. 1970. Scarecrow Press. x pages. Page 459.
*Robert Maillard, ''Dictionary of Modern Sculpture'', 1962. Tudor. 310 pages. Page 141.
*Michel Seuphor, ''The Sculpture of this Century, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture''. 1959. Zwemmer. 372 pages. Page 282.
*Julian Park, ''The culture of France in our time''. 1954. Cornell University Press. 345 pages. Page 87
*Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, ''Index of Artists, International-biographical Including Painters, Sculptors ...'' 1935. R.R. Bowker Co. 493 pages. {{ISBN|0-901571-76-8}}. Page 136.


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.rene-iche.com/ Official Website]
*[https://reneiche.org/en/ Official Website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpYVI71Lqhw French TV show (english subtitles), ''Guernica'' by René Iché]
*[http://www.the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm?id=8A8F8B1C-A5EB-9285-2F2D3D120B778358 artist page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060619115654/http://www.the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm?id=8A8F8B1C%2DA5EB%2D9285%2D2F2D3D120B778358 artist page]
*[http://www.centrepompidou.fr Pompidou Center]

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Latest revision as of 01:14, 8 April 2024

René Iché
René Iché
Born(1897-01-21)21 January 1897
Sallèles-d'Aude, France
Died23 December 1954(1954-12-23) (aged 57)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forSculpture
Notable workThe Torn, Guernica
MovementModern art, surrealism
AwardsGrand prix de Sculpture

René Iché (21 January 1897 – 23 December 1954) was a 20th-century French sculptor.

Life and work[edit]

René Iché was born in Sallèles-d'Aude, France. He fought in World War I, where he was injured and gassed. After the war, he earned a degree in law, but also studied sculpture with Antoine Bourdelle and architecture with Auguste Perret. In 1927, his pacific monument of Ouveillan (a Monumental Modern church in the South of France) was well received. During his first solo exhibition, at the art dealer Léopold Zborowski in 1931, two sculptures were acquired by the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris (now in the Centre Georges Pompidou) and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.[1][2]

Père et Fils (1925)

In 1928, he married his model Rosa Achard, known as Renée.[3] His daughter Laurence, who later became a writer, was a model for some of his work.[4]

Iché was a very good friend of Max Jacob, close to Guillaume Apollinaire, Picasso, Jacques Lipchitz, Zadkine and a childhood friend of Joë Bousquet. He sculpted the faces of André Breton,[5] Paul Éluard and Federico García Lorca.

In his studio of Montparnasse, in 1937, he executed a Guernica sculpture on the day (27 April 1937) of the announcement of this event on the radio station. Upon completing the work he did not wish to exhibit it.

He was amongst the 200 pioneers of the French Resistance – he was in the Groupe du musée de l'Homme – during the summer of 1940 and participated at the Degenerate art exhibitions. He sculpted so La Déchirée (The Torn), which was brought to London and given to General Charles de Gaulle, became one of the symbols of the French Resistance.[1][2]

He participated at the Venice Biennale in 1948 with Le Couple (Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris) and received the Grand Prix de Sculpture in 1953 for Melpomène 36. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[6] He was chosen to sculpt the Apollinaire Monument in Paris[7] and an Auschwitz' Memorial in Poland, but both projects were interrupted by his premature death in Paris.

Iché's work is close to surrealism and like the sculptors Alberto Giacometti and Germaine Richier inherits an aesthetic born from the workshop of Antoine Bourdelle.[1][2]

On the manure of the Millennia after geological cataclysms and warlike disasters, only the statues will remain.

— René Iché [8]

Film[edit]

Jean-Pierre Melville's film Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres, 1969) is based, like the novel of Joseph Kessel, on the Resistance network to which Iché belonged, Cohors-Asturies. The character of Luc Jardie (Paul Meurisse) is inspired by Iché[citation needed].

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c *Robert Maillard, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture, 1962. Tudor. 310 pages. Page 141.
  2. ^ a b c *Michel Seuphor, The Sculpture of this Century, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture. 1959. Zwemmer. Page 282.
  3. ^ "René Iché, un artiste engagé resté fidèle à ses origines". L'Indépendant (in French). May 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Laurence Iché". Le Monde (in French). September 29, 2007.
  5. ^ Lyford Amy, Surrealist masculinities, Ed. University Presses Of California, Columbia And Princeton (United States), 2007.
  6. ^ "René Iché". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  7. ^ Peter Read, Picasso and Apollinaire. Ed. University Presses Of California, Columbia And Princeton (United States), April 2008.
  8. ^ Premier Manifeste des Sculpteurs, by René Iché, Surrealist trac, November 1949
  • Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture, 1978. G.K. Hall. Page 488.
  • Jane Clapp, Sculpture Index. 1970. Scarecrow Press. x pages. Page 459.
  • Robert Maillard, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture, 1962. Tudor. 310 pages. Page 141.
  • Michel Seuphor, The Sculpture of this Century, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture. 1959. Zwemmer. 372 pages. Page 282.
  • Julian Park, The culture of France in our time. 1954. Cornell University Press. 345 pages. Page 87
  • Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Index of Artists, International-biographical Including Painters, Sculptors ... 1935. R.R. Bowker Co. 493 pages. ISBN 0-901571-76-8. Page 136.

External links[edit]

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