Jean-Marie Camus

A signature from Jean-Marie Camus

Jean-Marie Camus (born November 12, 1877 in Clermont-Ferrand , France , † June 16, 1955 in Paris , France) was a French sculptor .

Life

Jean-Marie Camus studied with Louis Barnas and Jules Coutan at the École des beaux-arts de Paris . His work included portrait busts and groups of figures in Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles .

Camus exhibited in the Paris Salon des Artistes Français from 1900 and received a gold medal “out of competition” in 1931. In 1908 he exhibited at the Salon des artistes coloniaux . He belonged to the artist group L'Evolution , founded by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) and sculptor Arthur Goldscheider in the early 1920s with representatives of Art Deco , whose work Goldscheider exhibited in 1925 at the Paris Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern .

Camus was accepted as a knight in the Legion of Honor .

Works (selection)

• Faune musicien assis sur un rocher
• La danse
• Buste de fillette
• Portrait de Suzanne
• Femme et jeune faune jouant du luth
• Pan et nymph
• Tam-tam de l'homme
• Haute volta
• Nu avec lamp à huile
• Pan à la flûte

literature

• Camus, Jean-Marie . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 16, Saur, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-598-22756-6 , p. 81.
• CAMUS, Jean-Marie (1877-1955), sculptor. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
• Bryan Catley: Art Deco and Other Figures . Baron Publishing, 1978. p. 52.

Web links

• Jean-Marie Camus (French, 1877-1955). In: artnet , with pictures of Camus' work.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} CAMUS, Jean-Marie (1877-1955), Sculptor. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
2. ↑ Stéphane Richemond: Les salons des artistes coloniaux. Suivi d'un dictionnaire des sculpteurs. Éditions de l'Amateur, 2003, pp. 18, 26.
3. ^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.