Jean Vincent de Crozals

Jean Vincent de Crozals 1964

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Jean Vincent de Crozals (born August 8, 1922 in Toulouse , † August 9, 2009 in Antibes ) was a French sculptor and painter. His sculptures and pictures are the subject of numerous state and church commissions and are in private collections in France and abroad.

biography

Jean Vincent de Crozals was born in Toulouse on August 8, 1922. After childhood in southern France and Tunisia, where he also did his military service as part of the Tunisian campaign (Campagne de Tunisie, 1942/1943), the autodidact settled in Vence at the end of 1945 to work as an artist.

Here he met his first wife Annelies Nelck (1925–2014), who also worked as a painter under the stage name "Anatole".

Henri Matisse, Jean Vincent de Crozals and Annelies Nelck (from right to left) in the gardens of Villa La Jonque in Vence 1953

In 1949, the artist Henri Matisse asked Jean Vincent de Crozals to model him for the drawings of Christ in the Rosary Chapel (Chapelle du Rosaire) in Vence. With his slim body, dull skin and passionate fine facial features, de Crozals was predestined for this task. Because he was very religious and possessed extraordinary intuition, he could easily identify with anything that touched him strongly, and Matisse recognized this quickly.

Jean Vincent de Crozals and Henri Laurens (left) about 1950

Henri Matisse and Henri Laurens , whom he met through Matisse, made a great impression on the artist and had a major influence on his work. A phase in which de Crozals mainly created sculptures out of wood and clay is followed by a longer period in which galvanized iron and aluminum were among his preferred materials.

Jean Vincent de Crozals, Anatole Nelck and Marc Chagall (from left to right), 1951

The artist Marc Chagall hired Jean Vincent de Crozals from 1950 to 1951 in Vence for the realization of various ceramic works.

Jean Vincent de Crozals, Jean Dubuffet (right) with his wife Dubuffet in Gaudissart 1964

From 1958 to 1971 Jean Vincent de Crozals regularly realized sculptures and paintings for the artist Jean Dubuffet in Paris and forged a close friendship with him, accompanied by an intensive exchange of ideas about art and her personal conception of art. In 1964, Jean Dubuffet invited Jean Vincent de Crozals to become a member of the Compagnie de l'art brut , chaired by Dubuffet.

In 1974 Jean Vincent de Crozals settled in the municipality of Nörvenich in Germany with his second wife Hannelore Micknass and his two sons Cyrille and Jean Marie de Crozals. After working primarily with clay, wood, stone, iron and aluminum in Vence, a new phase began for the artist with a focus on bronze and paper mache.

Villa Gaudissart, home and studio of the artist Jean Vincent de Crozals in Vence 1960

Due to his very close connection to the south of France, Jean Vincent de Crozals traveled regularly to his second home in Vence to work as an artist in his studio and to organize exhibitions of his works in France. Towards the end of his days, de Crozals returned permanently to Vence.

According to his wishes, the ashes of Jean Vincent de Crozals were scattered at the foot of a sea pine in the "jardin du souvenir" of the crematorium in Nice.

Works

The materials used by Jean Vincent de Crozals for his sculptures are clay, wood, stone, reinforced concrete, iron, copper, aluminum, bronze and paper mache. The artist uses gouache and china ink for his pictures.

Jean Vincent de Crozals explains his work as follows: “In my work, nature and time play an important role; one can understand my sculptures as leftover signs that have withstood a long process of erosion. In my work I try to make visible the original rhythms and deep-lying structures of natural forms that have spared erosion and wind and to convey the distant origin of things to the viewer ... "

The works of Jean Vincent de Crozals are often the subject of state and church commissions and can be found in the Center Pompidou in Paris, in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and in the Cathedral of Vence as well as in numerous private collections in France, Germany, Sweden, UK and USA.

List of works (selection)

Statue of the Madonna, eucalyptus wood, H 1.22 m, W 0.33 m, Cathedral de la Nativité-de-Marie of Vence, Jean Vincent de Crozals 1953

• Statue of the Madonna (Statue de la Madone), eucalyptus wood (H 1.22 m, W 0.30 m), commissioned by a church, Cathedral of Vence (France), 1953.
• Bull, galvanized wrought iron, state commission, Center Pompidou Paris (France), 1955.
• Illustration of the book “On a crevé le paravent” by Henri Pevel, Éditions Pierre Seghers, Paris, 1957.
• Illustration of the book “Le balayeur promu” by Henri Pevel, Éditions Pierre Seghers, Paris, 1960.
• Bas-relief, galvanized wrought iron (H 2.40 m, W 1.80 m), state commission, Ministère de l'éducation nationale, for the Collège technique of Marseille (Center d'apprentissage Roger Salengro, France), 1961.
• "Le cheval mécanique", galvanized wrought iron (H 2.10 m, W 2.75 m), state commission, Ministère de l'éducation nationale, for the Collège technique de Nice (collège Les Eucalyptus, France), 1962.

La chimie, galvanized wrought iron, H 3.50 m, Jean Vincent de Crozals 1963

• "La chimie", galvanized wrought iron (H 3.50 m), state commission, Ministère des arts et lettres, for the Faculté des sciences de Nice (France), 1963.

La physique, copper and bronze, H 3.50 m, Jean Vincent de Crozals 1964

• “La physique”, copper and bronze (H 3.50 m), state commission, Ministère des arts et lettres, for the Faculté des sciences de Nice, 1964.
• "Le haut lieu de la jeunesse", galvanized wrought iron (H 2.10 m), state commission, CES de Cagnes-sur-mer (collège Jules Verne, France), 1973.
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  Le sanglier, gouache, Collection de l'art brut, Lausanne (Switzerland), Jean Vincent de Crozals 1960
  "Le sanglier", gouache and china ink, 1960, one of 15 works that Jean Dubuffet acquired and donated to the Swiss museum "Collection de l'art brut" in Lausanne in 1976.

Village fountain in the municipality of Nörvenich, bronze and stone, Jean Vincent de Crozals 1981

• Village fountain , bronze and stone, commissioned by the municipality of Nörvenich (Germany), 1981.
• Christ on the cross, galvanized wrought iron (H 3.25 m), state commission, Nörvenich municipality, 1987.

Village cross of the municipality of Nörvenich, galvanized wrought iron, H 3.25 m, Jean Vincent de Crozals 1987

Le roi et la reine, gouache, Pushkin Museum Moscow (Russia), Jean Vincent de Crozals 1994

• “Le roi et la reine”, gouache and china ink, 0.65 × 0.5 m, order from the Pushkin Museum Moscow (Russia) 1994.

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  Face of Christ, carved olive wood around 1954 (H 0.66 m, W 0.46 m), permanent loan from the parish church of Sankt Maternus, Trier (Germany)
  Face of Christ, carved olive wood around 1954 (H 0.66 m, W 0.46 m), church commission, parish church Sankt Maternus, Trier (Germany), 2015.
• "Ikarus", galvanized wrought iron forged 1970 (H 1.09 m, W 0.90 m), permanent loan, Nörvenich Air Base - Tactical Air Force Wing 31 "Boelcke", 2016.

Exhibitions

List of exhibitions (selection)

• Solo exhibition, Center des relations internationales, Paris, 1952.
• Exhibitions “Salons de la jeune sculpture”, Musée Rodin , Paris, 1952–1958.
• Solo exhibitions, Lyon (France), 1954–1955.
• Group exhibition, Sweden, 1955.
• Group exhibition, Doucet Gallery, Paris, 1955.
• Première internationale de sculpture contemporaine, Musée Rodin , Paris, 1956.
• “Comparaisons”, Musée d'Art moderne , Paris, 1956.
• Biennale de sculpture, Louvre and Musée des arts décoratifs , Paris, 1957.
• “Sculpture française contemporaine de l'École de Paris”, Musée Rodin , Paris, 1958.
• Biennale de sculpture, Yverdon (Switzerland), 1958.
• "Bestiaire", exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, Paris, 1959.
• Group exhibition “Le cheval”, Galerie A. Weil, Paris, 1959.
• “Sculptures contemporaines de l'École de Paris”, exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin of Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice , 1959.
• “Bestiaire”, exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice , 1960.
• "Exposition international de sculpture contemporaine et de l'École de Paris", Musée Rodin, Paris, 1961.
• "L'objet", Musée des arts décoratifs , Paris, 1962.
• “Sculpture méditerranéenne”, exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice , 1963.
• "Creatura", international exhibition of contemporary sculptures, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (Germany), 1963.
• “La musique et la danse”, exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 1963.
• "Formes humaines", première biennale de sculpture, Musée Rodin , Paris, 1964.
• First sculpture exhibition, Museum of Saint Paul de Vence , 1964.
• “Formes humaines”, exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 1964.
• Exhibition in the Museum of Saint Paul de Vence , 1965.
• Exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin of Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 1966.
• “Artistes du soleil”, exhibitions in Montreuil, Ivry, Argenteuil, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1966.
• "L'Art fantastique", Center culturel Bastion St. André, Antibes , 1967.
• Solo exhibition, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 1967.
• “Dessins de sculpteurs et leur sculpture”, exhibition organized by the curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 1968.
• “Festival international de sculpture”, Avignon ( Papal Palace ), 1969.
• "Internationale de sculpture", Port Barcarès Foundation, 1969.
• “ Salon d'automne ”, Grand Palais , Paris, 1969.
• Menton Biennial , 1970.
• “ Salon d'automne ”, Grand Palais , Paris, 1970.
• Naval Museum, Nice, 1971.
• “A la campagne”, Vence, 1971.
• Ville de Vallauris , 1971.
• “Festival international d'art”, Museum of Toulon , first major sculpture award, 1972.
• Menton Biennial , 1972.
• Maison des artistes, Cagnes-sur-mer .
• “Festival international d'art”, City Museum of Toulon , 1973.
• “A la campagne”, Vence , 1973.
• Jeune chambre internationale (JCI) - Palais des expositions, Nice, 1973.
• Galerie d'Orsay, Cannes , 1973.
• Vence Cultural Center , 1973.
• Galerie d'Orsay, Cannes , 1974.
• French Cultural Institute, Cologne , 1974.
• IBM, La Gaude (06), 1975.
• “Festival international d'art”, Museum of the City of Toulon , 1975.
• “Festival international d'art”, museums of the cities of Toulon and Draguignan , 1976.
• “Festival international d'art”, museums of the cities of Toulon and Draguignan , 1977.
• Museums of the cities of Toulon and Draguignan , 1978.
• “Facetten”, Euskirchen and Erftstadt-Lechenich , 1979.
• “Maison des Artistes”, Cagnes-sur-mer , 1980.
• Erftstadt-Lechenich , 1981.
• Former monastery of Fréjus , 1982.
• Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Vence , 1982.
• Franco-German cultural center, Meckenheim , 1982.

• "Des sculptures et des gares", Menton and Biot, Regional Council Provence, Alpes, Côte d'azur, 1983.

• Nörvenich Castle Museum , 1984.
• "Nature and Animals", Nörvenich Castle Museum, 1985.
• Palais des festivals , Cannes , 1986.
• Palais des festivals , Cannes , 1987.
• "Acropolis", Nice , 1988.
• Palais des Festivals , Cannes , 1988.
• “Castel des Arts”, international exhibition under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture, Vallauris, 1989.
• Galerie Lafrache, Cannes , 1989.
• " L'Art en place / s ", Vence , 2008.
• “Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures”, solo exhibition organized by the City of Vence, Chapelle des pénitents blancs, Vence, 2013.
• "L'Art en place / s", Vence , 2013.
• "Matisse et Vence - l'émotion pure", Vence , 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Catalog of the exhibition "Creatura" at the Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund from 1963, p. 95.
2. ^ Sister Jacques-Marie, Henri Matisse - la chapelle de Vence, Nice, Grégoire Gardette Editions, 1993, 184 pages, ISBN 2-909767-00-0 , p. 82.
3. ^ "Matisse à Vence - L'olivier du rêve", témoignage d'Annelies Nelck, 1998, ISBN 978-2-9512982-0-0 , pages 154-158. "Henri Matisse - Nice et Vence 1917-1954", Alex Benvenuto, 2016, ISBN 978-2-86410-626-5 , pages 65-66.
4. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals, 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 , page 127
5. ^ Jean Dubuffet: Biography au pas de course . Gallimard, Paris 1995, ISBN 978-2-07-076277-4 , pp. 76-77 (125 pages).
6. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals, 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 , page 128.
7. ^ "Art and artists in the Düren area", Édition Tolbiac, 1984, ISBN 3-923399-09-X , 80 pages.
8. ↑ Crématorium de Nice, Vallon du Roguez, RD 6202, F-06670 Colomars.
9. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), page 121.
10. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 113-119.
11. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 123-125
12. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 14-90
13. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 24-25, 83, 87
14. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 4-13
15. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 106-112
16. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 91-94.
17. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 95-105.
18. ↑ Catalog de l'exposition internationale réalisée avec le concours du Ministère de la Culture, “Castel des Arts”, Vallauris (France), 1989, page 34.
19. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), page 3.
20. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br} Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 127-129
21. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 119, 127-129
22. ^ "Matisse à Vence - L'olivier du rêve", témoignage d'Annelies Nelck (1998, ISBN 978-2-9512982-0-0 ), page 144
23. ↑ L'œuvre Bison - Center Pompidou. In: www.centrepompidou.fr. Retrieved October 19, 2015 . 
24. ↑ Notice BnF ^no  FRBNF325240404
25. ↑ Notice BnF ^no  FRBNF33134533w
26. ↑ https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/visionneuseUD.action?udId=d_37&formCaller=GENERALISTE&irId=FRAN_IR_015069
27. ↑ https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/visionneuseUD.action?udId=d_38&formCaller=GENERALISTE&irId=FRAN_IR_015069
28. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin June 27, 1965
29. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 28, 127-129
30. ↑ https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/visionneuseUD.action?udId=d_38&formCaller=GENERALISTE&irId=FRAN_IR_015069
31. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 30-31, 127-129
32. ↑ https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/visionneuseUD.action?udId=d_38&formCaller=GENERALISTE&irId=FRAN_IR_015069
33. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 24-25, 127-129
34. ↑ Dominique Laredo: D'une villégiature aristocratique à un campus scientifique: Valrose, siège de l'Université Nice Sophia Antipolis et de la Faculté des Sciences . In: In Situ. Revue des patrimoines . No. November 17 , 2011, ISSN  1630-7305 , doi : 10.4000 / insitu.9949 ( revues.org [accessed October 20, 2015]).
35. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, January 20, 1974
36. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 40-41, 127-129
37. ↑ Bases de données patrimoniales de Suisse romande. Retrieved December 20, 2016 (French). 
38. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 108, 127-129
39. ^ Newspaper article, Neues Rheinland, No. 1 - January 1982, p. 23.
40. ^ Newspaper article, Dürener Zeitung November 7, 1981.
41. ↑ Newspaper article, Dürener Nachrichten November 7, 1981.
42. ↑ Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 ), pages 88-89, 127-129.
43. ↑ Newspaper article, Dürener Zeitung June 19, 1987
44. ^ Catalog for the exhibition "Creatura" at the Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (Allemagne) from 1963, page 15.
45. ^ Catalog for the exhibition "La musique et la danse", Palais de la Méditerranée in Nice, November 29, 1963-28. February 1964, pages 12 and 14.
46. ↑ Catalog of the Museum of St. Paul de Vence, "Première exposition des peintres et sculpteurs de l'école de St. Paul", May 16-5th. June 1964, page 31.
47. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin August 4, 1971 and August 12, 1971
48. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin June 8, 1972
49. ↑ Catalog exhibition "XXIIIe festival, salon international d'arts plastiques de la ville de Toulon", June 26th-31st. August 1973, page 22.
50. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, August 31, 1973
51. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, June 27, 1975
52. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, August 6, 1982
53. ↑ Catalog for the exhibition “Focus on France”, Meckenheim (Germany), September 20-22. December 1982, pages 30-31.
54. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, May 26, 1983
55. ^ Poster for the exhibition "Des sculptures et des gares", May 28th-5th. June 1983
56. ^ "Art and artists in the Düren area", Édition Tolbiac, 1984, ISBN 3-923399-09-X , 80 pages, pages 23-24.
57. ↑ Newspaper article, Welt am Sonntag, 34/1985
58. ^ Catalog for the exhibition "4e rencontre des artistes contemporains à Cannes", 2.-30. September 1986, page 7.
59. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, August 23, 1988
60. ^ Catalog for the exhibition “6e rencontre des artistes contemporains à Cannes”, August 19-21. September 1988, pages 18 and 29.
61. ↑ http://www.podcastjournal.net/VENCE-Dixieme-edition-de-l-Art-en-place-s_a29.html
62. ↑ http://www.lartenplaces.fr/2008.html
63. ^ Newspaper article, Nice Matin, August 9, 2013
64. ↑ http://www.nicematin.com/sortir/agenda/expositions-musees/jean-vincent-de-crozals.1381641.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
65. ↑ http://www.nicematin.com/sortir/agenda/1373824/photos  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
66. ↑ Exposition Matisse et Vence - l'émotion pure. Retrieved August 25, 2017 . 

Investments

bibliography

• Henri Matisse - La chapelle de Vence , Soeur Jacques-Marie (1993, ISBN 2-909767-00-0 , 184 pages).
• "Matisse à Vence - L'olivier du rêve", témoignage d'Annelies Nelck (1998, ISBN 978-2-9512982-0-0 , 184 pages).
• Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures, Dr. Cyrille de Crozals (2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032146-7 , 130 pages).
• Art and artists in the Düren area , édition Tolbiac, (1984, ISBN 3-923399-09-X , 80 pages).

Web links

• Book "Jean Vincent de Crozals - sculptures et peintures"
• Succession de Crozals (rights holder)
• Fichier d'autorité international virtuel
• Union List of Artist Names
• Common authority file