Pierre Lenoir

Pierre Charles Eugène Lenoir (born May 22, 1879 in Paris , France , † September 9, 1953 there ) was a French sculptor and medalist .

Life

Grave of the Thorel family , final resting place of Pierre Lenoir in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.

Pierre Lenoir was the son of the sculptor Charles Joseph Lenoir , from whom he received his first lessons in sculpture. He was also a student of the medalist Jules Chaplain and the sculptor and painter Antonin Mercié . He was among the group of Breton sculptors born in the 1880s such as Jean Boucher , Louis-Henri Nicot , Émile-Jean Armel-Beaufils , Paul Le Goff , Eloi Robert , Albert Bourget and Francis Renaud who worked together at the École des beaux- studied arts in Rennes . After his training there, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Lenoir was known for his medals, plaques and busts in the Art Deco style, as well as his memorials to the fallen of the First World War , in which he had participated as a soldier and received the Croix de guerre .

Lenoir received a travel grant in 1911. At the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français he won the third class medal in 1905, the second class medal in 1907 and the gold medal in 1928. He took part in the colonial exhibition in Marseille in 1922, the exhibitions in Copenhagen 1909, Brussels International - 1910 , New York 1910, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art Rome 1911, World Exhibition 1913 Gent , Brussels 1924 and Tokyo 1928. Lenoir belonged to the artist group La Stèle , which was founded by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) and sculptor Arthur Goldscheider in the early 1920s with representatives of Art Deco Work Goldscheider exhibited in 1925 at the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern . Here Lenoir was honored with a Diplôme d'honneur . Some of his designs were implemented by the porcelain factory in Sèvres . Other works went to the Musée du Luxembourg and Petit Palais Dijon, as well as museums in Rennes, Lunéville, New York, Brussels and others.

He was appointed director of the École des beaux-arts in Rennes and in 1931 was accepted as a knight in the Legion of Honor . He was married to the painter Mathilde Berthe Thorel. After his death on September 9, 1953, Pierre Lenoir was buried in the grave of the Thorel family in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.

Works (selection)

Medallion made by Lenoir with the face of the writer Gabriel Vicaire .

Monument aux morts de Penmarc'h , Penmarch
Monument aux morts de la Première Guerre Mondiale - Briec
numerous medals and plaques
Adolphe Beaufrere , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Allegory. La Municipalite Rennaise 1914 , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Breton Assis , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Femmes en deuil , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
L'ancetre , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
La Jeunesse , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
La pomme de terre , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Le beurre , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Le lait , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Le Potier de lan poterie , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Les Laveuses , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)
Trois Fillettes , Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rennes)

literature

Lenoir, Pierre . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929.
Lenoir, Pierre . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956.
Marie-Odile Lefèvre, Jean-Pierre Pianelli: Charles Pierre et Mathilde Lenoir. Sculpteurs et peintres . Éditions des Amis du musée des années 1930, 2002.
Lenoir, Pierre Charles. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 2006. The beginning of the article can be viewed on doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00107713 .

Web links

Pierre Charles Lenoir (French, born 1879). In: artnet , with pictures of Lenoir's work.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Marie-Odile Lefèvre, Jean-Pierre Pianelli: Charles Pierre et Mathilde Lenoir. Sculpteurs et peintres. Éditions des Amis du musée des années 1930, 2002.

↑ ^a ^b ^c Base Léonore , dossier 19800035/0025/3158. P. 12.

^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.

^ Base Léonore , Certificate of Appointment Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur of August 26, 1931.

^ "Monument aux morts de Penmarc'h" à Penmarch. In: petit-patrimoine.com .

↑ Monument aux morts de la Première Guerre Mondiale - Briec. ( Memento from November 14, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) In: fr.topic-topos.com .

^ Pierre Charles Lenoir - Medals. ( Memento of February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: meridiangallery.com.au , June 5, 2013.

↑ J catalog - list of results. In: Base Joconde , Portail des collections des musées de France

personal data
SURNAME	Lenoir, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lenoir, Pierre Charles Eugène (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 1953
Place of death	Paris , France

[Lefèvre-1] A ^b Marie-Odile Lefèvre, Jean-Pierre Pianelli: Charles Pierre et Mathilde Lenoir. Sculpteurs et peintres. Éditions des Amis du musée des années 1930, 2002.

[Léonore-2] Base Léonore , dossier 19800035/0025/3158. P. 12.

[3] Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.