Denys Puech
Denys Pierre Puech (born December 3, 1854 in Bozouls , Aveyron department , † December 9, 1942 in Rodez , Aveyron department) was a French sculptor .
Life
Denys Puech was the brother of the French politician Louis Puech . He learned sculpture from François Jouffroy , Alexandre Falguière and Henri Chapu . In 1881 and 1883 he won the Prix de Rome . In the following years he created marble busts by Jules Ferry (1895), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1898), Émile Loubet (1901) and Benito Mussolini (1925). From 1892 Puech was a professor at the Académie Julian . One of his students was Arthur Lewin-Funcke . In 1903 he founded the Musée Denys-Puech in Rodez . Puech became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905 . In 1908 he became a member of the Legion of Honor . From 1921 to 1933 he was director of the Académie de France à Rome . On May 13, 1908, he married the painter Anina Gagarine Stourdza (June 1, 1865 - April 14, 1918).
Works (selection)
Jules Simon - Place du Guatemala in Paris
Tombstone Denys Puech
Monument in Reims
André Chénier's muse
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photo RMN (from 1892): La classe de sculpture de Denys Puech à l'Académie Julian , on Image d'Art (art.rmngp.fr), accessed on May 14, 2016
- ^ Académie Julian: Denys Puech 1854–1942 (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puech, Denys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puech, Denys Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bozouls , Aveyron department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1942 |
| Place of death | Rodez , Aveyron department , France |