Jules Jouant
Auguste Jules Alphonse Jouant (born June 19, 1882 in Paris , † 1921 ) was a French sculptor .
Life
Jouant attended the École des beaux-arts de Paris . He was an intern with Auguste Rodin . In 1883 he exhibited the plaster bust of a prince from the Lithuanian noble family Giedroyć at the Salon de Paris . From 1985 he exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français , where in 1913 he received an "honorable mention". He also showed his work at the Salon der Société nationale des beaux-arts .
He was the teacher of the sculptor Raymond Martin .
Works (selection)
Jouant made busts of composers (including Richard Wagner , Frédéric Chopin and Ludwig van Beethoven ) as well as grave monuments and memorials. He also designed numerous decorative statuettes in Art Nouveau style , which foundries such as Ferdinand Baroperne and Eugène Blot made and laid in bronze or pewter. He also designed many lamps, including some for the Daum crystal factory in Nancy . The École Boulle School of Applied Arts in Paris appointed him professor.
A Jouants lamp is in the Chrysler Museum of Art , Norfolk , Virginia . Other of his works have titles such as
- Standing in bikini , statuette 1910–1915
- Chardons
- The Allure of Opium
- Grand vase
- Femme , statuette 1900
- Gui , table lamp 1900
- Cloche de table
- Lamp de bureau, encrier floriforme
- Skin vase amphora
- Pavot
- Opposite
- Vide poche
literature
- Victor Arwas : Art Nouveau. The French Aesthetic. Papadakis Publisher, 2002, ISBN 1-90109-237-2 , p. 615.
- Alastair Duncan : Art Nouveau Sculpture . Rizzoli, New York 1978, pp. 37-39.
Web links
- Jules Jouant (French, 1882-1921). In: artnet , with pictures of Jouant's work.
Individual evidence
- ^ Philippe Burty : Salon de 1883 . Ludovic Baschet publishing house, Paris 1883, p. 190.
- ↑ a b c Victor Arwas : Art Nouveau. The French Aesthetic. Papadakis Publisher, 2002, ISBN 1-90109-237-2 , p. 615.
- ↑ Buste du prince Gedroyc . In: Salon de 1883, pp. 182, 183.
- ↑ Raymond Martin, Biography ( Memento of April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lamp, ca.1900, bronze. In: French Sculpture Census.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jouant, Jules |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jouant, Auguste Jules Alphonse (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1882 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | 1921 |