Edmond Delphaut

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Edmond Delphaut , also Edmont-Henri Delphaut, (born November 11, 1891 in Paris , † August 7, 1957 in Ploërmel ) was a French sculptor and painter.

life and work

Edmond Delphaut was born in 1891 as the son of Pierre Delphaut and Marie Françoise Goffette in the 19th district of Paris.

During World War I Edmond Delphaut fought as an adjutant in the 153rd Infantry Regiment. During the Battle of Verdun he was captured and taken to the Königsbrück prisoner-of-war camp in Germany. In 1918 he was commissioned to erect a memorial on the prisoner of war cemetery. The finished sculpture, the image of a reclining Serbian soldier, was his first known major work. It was inaugurated on September 4, 1918 in Koenigsbrück as a monument in memory of deceased Serbian soldiers.

After his return from Germany, Delphaut married Marcelle Grulois from Lille, eight years his junior, on December 11, 1920 in Malo les Bains . The artist had two daughters and a son.

In Malo les Bains, Edmond Delphaut took on the order for a large war memorial worth 110,000 francs. The unveiling of this work of art was celebrated on June 23, 1935. In the years that followed, the sculptor created numerous other monuments, for example in Longuyon , Baslieux , Rehon , Charency-Vezin and Montmédy . In addition, smaller works such as Le Baiser De Meme (German: The Kiss of Meme / Grandma ) and the bust of the little girl made of terracotta were created in his hands .

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In 1942, Father Gillard commissioned Edmond Delphaut with two wooden statues for the church in Tréhorenteuc . These statues were supposed to represent the local saints Judicaël and Onenne.

Monument commemorating deceased Serbian soldiers at the Koenigsbrück prisoner of war cemetery.

Delphaut was a laureate of the Société des Artistes Français . In 1933 he took part in the annual exhibition organized by this artists' association.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Généalogie de Edmond DELPHAUT. Retrieved September 5, 2018 (French).
  2. ^ Gazette des Ardennes: journal des pays occupés (January 1916 - December 1916). Retrieved September 5, 2018 .
  3. ^ Prisoner of War Cemetery . Retrieved September 5, 2018 .
  4. ^ Généalogie de Catherine Marie Eugénie Marcelle SAGET. Retrieved September 5, 2018 (French).
  5. ^ Monument à Malo-les-Bains | Les monuments aux morts. Retrieved September 5, 2018 (fr-fr).
  6. ↑ Jlj: LE PAYS NATAL DE JLJ: LA LORRAINE: le monument aux morts de Longuyon. In: LE PAYS NATAL DE JLJ. August 22, 2014, accessed September 5, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Proantic.com: Terre Cuite "le Baiser De Meme" - Edmond Delphaut - sculptures terre cuite. Retrieved September 5, 2018 (French).
  8. ↑ Proantic.com: Bust Of Little Girl - Edmond Delphaut- XXth - other sculpture. Retrieved September 5, 2018 (French).
  9. ↑ Les statues de sainte Onenne - Encyclopédie de Brocéliande. Retrieved September 5, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Delphaut, Edmond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delphaut, Edmont-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 7th August 1957
Place of death Ploërmel