Karl-Jean Longuet

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Karl-Jean Longuet (born November 10, 1904 in Paris ; † July 20, 1981 there ) was a French sculptor.

Life

Longuet was a son of Jean Longuet and great-grandson of Karl Marx . He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts with Niclausse and Boucher and his style was initially influenced by Maillol and Despiau. In 1949 he married Simone Boisecq (1922–2012). He named his son Frédéric after Friedrich Engels and his daughter after the Marx daughter Laura Lafargue . His works have been exhibited in Turin , Antwerp , Tokyo , Vienna and São Paulo , among others .

At a young age he created a bronze bust of his great-grandfather, which he presented to the SPD party executive in 1930 for the Marx Museum planned in Trier. The bust was presented to the public in Berlin, but this bust has been considered lost since the Nazi era. In the 1950s Longuet designed a new Marx bust in bronze, which was placed in the inner courtyard of Marx's birthplace in 2016.

Works in museums

  • Dijon , Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon: L'Envol (bronze), 1976
  • Dunkirk , Lieu d'Art et d'Action contemporaine ( LAAC ): La Femme assise (Terracotta), 1949
  • Limoges , Musée de l'Évêché de Limoges: Femme assise (terracotta), 1949
  • Metz , Musée des Beaux-Arts: Orphée (lead), 1956
  • Meudon , Musée d'art et d'histoire de Meudon: Soleil noir (granite); Architecture (Stein), 1965
  • Paris , Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris: Grand couple (granite), 1952; Femme (granite), 1949
  • Poitiers , Musée Sainte-Croix: L'Arbre aux enfants (plaster), 1958
  • Reims , Musée des Beaux-Arts: Femme accroupie (terracotta), 1949, Grand couple (bronze), 1952

literature

  • KJ Longuet, 1904–1981: exhibition Musées de Metz novembre-décembre 1983. Musées de la Cour d'or (Metz), Edition du Musée de Metz, 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Constantin Brancusi: Metamorphoses of plastic form. DuMont Buchverlag, 1987, ISBN 3-7701-1839-1 , p. 270. (books.google.de)
  2. ↑ a b Personal details: Karl-Jean Longuet ... In: Der Spiegel. 11/1970. (spiegel.de)
  3. ↑ Meik Woyke: A picture of Karl Marx… design. Art_historical Perspectives. In: H-Soz-Kult. April 24, 2016. (hsozkult.de)
  4. ↑ So that Karl Marx stays alive in Trier. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Longuet, Karl-Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Longuet, Carl Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1981
Place of death Paris