Pépé Grégoire

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Pierre Paul "Pépé" Grégoire (born November 3, 1950 in Teteringen , Netherlands ) is a Dutch sculptor .

Grégoire comes from a family of artists, his father Paul was also a sculptor and his grandfather Jan, a painter. Pépé Grégoire studied at the Rijksakademie der Bildenden Künste in Amsterdam (1968–1974). There he received lessons, among others from his father Paul, Piet Esser and Theresia van der Pant. For his work, Grégoire won the “Buys van Hulten” award in 1974 and the “Jan Hamdorff” award in 1985.

He created great works that were intended for public spaces. (2 to 8 meters high). In addition, commissioned work and bronze portraits of the Dutch Queen Beatrix (1982) and August Willemsen (1995). He designed the Colombina , the “VSCD Prize” for the best female supporting role in the Dutch theater from 1964 to 2004.

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