Jules Déchin

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Jules Déchin

Jules Déchin (born November 12, 1869 in Lille , France , † July 23, 1947 in Paris ) was a French sculptor . He was mainly known for his war memorials and large sculptures .

Life

Gravestone of Jules Déchin and Louis Noël in the Montrouge cemetery, 2011

Déchin initially studied in his hometown of Lille. At the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris he was a student of Jules Cavelier and Henri Chapu . In 1898 he received the Prix Jean-Baptiste Wicar of the city of Lille; a scholarship that enabled him to study in Rome for four years . After training in Italy, he created numerous works for clients in France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, the USA and Russia.

In 1899 the sculptor Louis Noël adopted him in place of his son. Déchin died in his Paris home in 1947 and was buried next to his stepfather in the Montrouge cemetery.

Works (selection)

Jules Déchin made numerous memorials in memory of the fallen of the First World War with the title Monument aux morts de la Première Guerre mondiale , which in France among others in Aumont-Aubrac (1919), Chaulnes (1920), Framerville-Rainecourt (1926), Guemps (1920), Gueudecourt (1929), Lezennes (1920), Merlimont (1922), Ploumagoar (1923) and Roye (1927).

Other works exhibited in France are the monument to General Louis Faidherbe in Bapaume (1929), the Monument à Jeanne d'Arc , Cours Xavier-Arnauzan in Bordeaux (there since 1950), the Monument au Maire André , Lille (1908), the Monument du statuaire Eugène Guillaume , Montbard (1911), as well as the Monument à la Gloire de la Division Barbot , Souchez 1937. In the Palais des beaux-arts de Lille there are marble statues Jean-Baptiste Wicar (1900) and Philippe-Laurent Roland as well as the Marble bust de femme and the bronze statue of Jeanne d'Arc .

In Washington, DC , United States , a statue of Déchin has been on the tomb of Thomas Trueman Goff in Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek Church Road, NW Section L, Lot 139 since 1922. In Canada , his statue équestre de Jeanne d'Arc was erected in 1931 in Parc de Sillery Québec in Sillery , district of Québec , Province of Québec . In the Netherlands , the statue of Le Sacré-Cœur de Jésus has stood at the Sint-Matthiaserk , Grotestraat in Oploo (today Sint Anthonis ) since 1930 .

  • Tomb of Thomas Trueman Goff , Washington DC, USA

  • Statue Le Sacré-Cœur de Jésus at the Sint-Matthiaserk in Sint Anthonis, Netherlands

  • Heilig Hartbeeld in Wintelre , Netherlands

  • Statue of Joan of Arc, St. Maurice Church in Chinon , France

  • Monument Maire Andre, Place du Concert in Lille, France

Honors

Déchin received a Médaille de 1ère classe for his two meter high sculpture Philippe-Laurent Roland .

literature

  • Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs . Founded 1997.

Web links

Commons : Jules Déchin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria-Teresa Caracciolo, Gennaro Toscano: Jean-Baptiste Wicar et son temps 1762-1834 . Presses Universitaires Septentrion, 2007. ISBN 2-85939-992-5 , p. 451.
  2. ↑ Déchin Jules - Sculptor . In: Les monuments aux morts .
  3. ↑ Le Poilu Mourant. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au
  4. ↑ L'allégorie de la Patrie victorieuse. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au .
  5. ^ Monument aux morts de Framerville-Rainecourt. In: inventaire.picardie.fr .
  6. ^ Monument aux morts. In: memoiresdepierre.pagesperso-orange.fr .
  7. ^ Monument aux morts de Gueudecourt . In: inventaire.picardie.fr .
  8. ↑ L'allégorie de la Patrie victorieuse. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au .
  9. ^ Monument aux morts de Merlimont. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au .
  10. ↑ L'allégorie de la Patrie victorieuse. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au .
  11. ^ Monument aux morts de Roye . In: inventaire.picardie.fr .
  12. ↑ Monument de Bapaume - Le général Faidherbe. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au
  13. ^ Monument à Jeanne d'Arc - Bordeaux. In: e-monumen.net .
  14. ^ Monument au maire André - Lille. In: e-monumen.net .
  15. ↑ Le Sculpteur Eugène Guillaume. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au .
  16. ^ Monument à la gloire de la division BARBOT. In: memoiresdepierre.pagesperso-orange.fr .
  17. ^ Goff Memorial (sculpture). Control number IAS 78250067. In: Smithsonian American Art Museum , Inventory of American Sculpture. Smithsonian Institution Libraries , Washington, DC 2004.
  18. ^ Monument à Joan of Arc - parc de Sillery - Québec. In: e-monumen.net .
  19. ^ Pastoor FJ Verhofstad . In: De Tijd of June 17, 1930.
  20. ↑ Le sculpteur Philippe-Laurent Roland. In: Le statuaire Jules DECHIN. Sa vie et ses œuvres on julesdechin.blogspot.com.au
personal data
SURNAME Déchin, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille , France
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1947
Place of death Paris , France