Louis-Henri Nicot
Louis-Henri Nicot (born February 12, 1878 in Rennes ; † July 12, 1944 ) was a French sculptor of Breton descent.
Life
He was the son of entrepreneur Henri Amédée Nicot and his wife Blanche Augustine Ardilouze. He was initially trained at the " École des Beaux-Arts " (art academy) in Rennes.
He was a professor at the University of Applied Arts in Paris and a gold medalist at the Salon des Artistes français .
From April 11 to October 15, 2005, a special exhibition was dedicated to Louis-Henri Nicot in the Musée de la Faïence porcelain museum in Quimper .
Works
As a sculptor, he made the sculptures on the justice building in Reims and the memorial for the dead of the Armée du Rhin in the main cemetery in Mainz . His works include:
- La Fille au Lévrier (in Luxembourg ),
- Evangélin ,
- Après le bain ( after the bath )
- La célèbre Annaïg Mam Goz du Faouët ,
- numerous Breton ceramics on account of the faience maker Henriot from Quimper. underneath
- Les Trois Commères ,
- Léonard au Veau ,
- la Marchande de Poulets
He also made the busts of Admiral Guépratte and the writer Charles Le Goffic, as well as numerous French war memorials .
literature
- Jos Pennec, Patrick Monéger, Bernard Jules Verlingue: Louis Henri Nicot, Sculpteur Breton . Musée de la Faïence de Quimper: Association des Amis du Musée de la Faïence 2005; ISBN 2-914009-18-6 (exhibition catalog of the 2005 exhibition)
- La Faïence, effluves de Bretagne : Patrimoine artistique de la famille LH. Nicot; [to you. publ. Louis-Henri Nicot]. - N ° 3 (June 2006).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michèle Conchon, Matthias Nuding, Florence de Peyronnet-Dryden avec la collaboration de Monique Leblois-Péchon: P5-Monuments, sépultures. 1920-1930 . Haute Commission interalliée des territoires rhénans - Haut-commissariat français. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
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SURNAME | Nicot, Louis-Henri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1878 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes |
DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1944 |