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
- ↑ a b CAMUS, Jean-Marie (1877-1955), Sculptor. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
- ↑ Stéphane Richemond: Les salons des artistes coloniaux. Suivi d'un dictionnaire des sculpteurs. Éditions de l'Amateur, 2003, pp. 18, 26.
- ^ 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.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Camus, Jean-Marie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Camus, Jean |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1877 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand , France |
DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1955 |
Place of death | Paris , France |