Jean Ipoustéguy

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Jean Ipoustéguy, 1995

Jean Robert Ipoustéguy (born January 6, 1920 in Dun-sur-Meuse , Lorraine ; † February 8, 2006 , actually Jean Robert ) was a French sculptor , draftsman , watercolorist and writer . The artist, who took his mother's maiden name, lived and worked in Choisy-le-Roi near Paris from 1949 .

Life

Ipoustéguy grew up in modest circumstances in a Lorraine to family. At the age of 18 he came to Paris, where from 1938 he attended the evening courses for drawing and painting given by Robert Lesbounit at the city art school (cours du soir de la ville de Paris). Apart from that, he remained an autodidact throughout his life and was ignored by official circles for a long time, as he could not prove any academic training and moved away from the great art movements of his time. He said: Maybe I'm a little marginalized. I am a child of the banlieue and the little education I have I got in evening classes and museums.

After serving as a soldier in World War II , Ipoustéguy initially devoted himself to painting and designing leaded glass windows, and from 1947 to 1948 he worked on the design of the Saint-Jacques church in Montrouge . After moving to Choisy-le-Roi in 1949, he created almost exclusively sculptures. As a sculptor, he found his way into this important art salon thanks to Henri-Georges Adam , one of the founders of the Salon de Mai . He was a participant in documenta III in Kassel in 1964 and also represented as an artist at documenta 6 in 1977.

Jean Ipoustéguy returned to his hometown of Dun-sur-Meuse in 2004. He died there on February 8, 2006 at the age of 86. It rests on the Cimetière Montparnasse in Paris.

Awards

plant

Ipoustéguy's early work is characterized by architecturally abstract forms, before he turned to figurative, expressionistic themes around 1955. Works like La rose (1955) or Le cénotaphe (1957) are clearly under the influence of Henri-Georges Adam, but Ipoustéguy soon moved away from the clear lines characteristic of these works and found a more abrupt, expressive, more dynamic style. His main source of inspiration was surrealism and from then on people were at the center of his work. The first life-size human figure was L'homme (1963). In addition to social issues with erotic motifs, the artist dealt with death.

His works are shown in the cultural center of his hometown Dun-sur-Meuse, are present in public spaces in many cities such as Paris, Berlin and Washington and have found their way into numerous museums around the world.

Sculptures

  • 1958: Casque fendu
  • 1962: La Terre , bronze, Tate Collection
  • 1962: Remoulus , bronze, Claude Bernard Gallery
  • 1963: L'homme , bronze, Berlin , Max-Delbrück-Centrum
Porte du Ciel
Celle: "Homme passant la porte"

Works in museums

Fonts

Literature and film

  • Dominique Croiset-Veyre, John Updike, Jean Moreau, André Glucksmann: Catalog raisonnée, 1938-2000. Catalog of works with 537 reproductions, Editions La Différence, 2001, ISBN 2-7291-1378-9 .
  • Jacques Kébadian (Director): Rencontres avec Ipoustéguy. Film, 52 minutes, co-production by the Institut National d'Audiovisuel and Playfilm.

Web links

Commons : Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Peut-être un peu suis-je marginal. Je suis un enfant des banlieues et le peu de culture que j'ai, je l'ai acquise dans les cours du soir et dans les musées. ” Free translation of the statement quoted on the above-mentioned website of the French Ministry of Finance.
  2. ↑ Prix décernés en 2003 at the Académie des Beaux-Arts
  3. ↑ A la Lumiere de Chacun 3 ( Memento of the original of July 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Photography)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pix.alaporte.net
  4. ↑ Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Weblinks )
personal data
SURNAME Ipoustéguy, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jean Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French artist, sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Dun-sur-Meuse , Lorraine
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2006
Place of death Dun-sur-Meuse , Lorraine