François Jouffroy

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François Jouffroy
A young girl who confides her first secret to Venus
Photo: Christophe MOUSTIER - 1994

François Jouffroy (born February 1, 1806 in Dijon , † June 25, 1882 in Laval (Mayenne) ) was a French sculptor, carver and restorer.

As the son of a baker, François Jouffroy attended the drawing school in Dijon from 1817, which was directed by Anatole Devosge and where he learned sculpture under Nicolas Bornier . After he won a prize from the Conseil Général de la Cote d'Or in 1823, he was able to travel to Paris with the prize money, where he was a student of Jules Ramey fils (1796-1852) before attending the École royale des beaux-arts on April 10, 1824. In 1826 he won the second prize for his sculpture “La Mort d'Orion” (The Death of Orion).

In 1832 he won the Prix ​​de Rome with the theme "Capanée foudroyé sous les murs de Thèbes", which he had to share with Jean-Louis Brian (1805–1864). After his stay in the Villa Medici in Rome, which since 1803 has housed the Académie de France à Rome (French Academy in Rome) , which has been affiliated to the Académie des beaux-arts and founded by King Louis XIV in 1666, he exhibited regularly after his return in the salon between 1835 and 1853. In 1835 he made his debut at the Salon de Paris with “Un jeune pâtre napolitain pleurant sur son tombeau” (A young Neapolitan shepherd weeping on his grave).

In the salon of 1838 he received a second class medal for his sculpture "Cain après la malédiction" ( The Curse of Cain ).

1839 was his greatest success. He received the gold medal for his sculpture “Premier secret confié à Vénus”, which King Louis-Philippe bought on January 4, 1840 and placed in the Luxembourg Museum. (A naked girl stands on tiptoe to whisper her secret in the goddess's ear.) The charming theme also seduced contemporaries, who admired the subtle blending of the aesthetics of antiquity with life.

His biggest rival was Pierre Jean David d'Angers when it came to public procurement.

Some of his later works are:

  • The Curse of Cain (1838),
  • Statuette Lamartine ,
  • A young girl who confides her first secret to Venus (1839, in Luxembourg),
  • The Disappointment (1840),
  • Spring and Autumn (1845),
  • The reverie (1848),
  • Forsakenness (1853),
  • Holy water font in the parish church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
  • Christ and the Apostles on the facade of St. Augustine,
  • Statues of Punishment and Protection at the Palace of Justice and
  • Lyric poetry at the New Paris Opera (1867).

In 1864 Jouffroy became a teacher (professor) at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His students, who later also became famous, included: Louis-Ernest Barrias , Alexandre Falguière , Per Hasselberg , Augustus Saint-Gaudens , René de Saint-Marceaux , Antonin Mercié , Léopold Morice, and António Soares dos Reis .

He died June 26, 1882 in Laval, Mayenne department.

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