Pierre Traverse

Signature of Pierre Traverse.

Pierre Traverse (born April 1, 1892 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac , France , † July 4, 1979 in Paris , France) was a French sculptor .

Life

The father Pierre Traverses sent his son to Limoges , where he received his first training with the sculptor Philippon and at the École des arts décoratifs de Limoges . In Paris he studied with the sculptor Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the École des Beaux-Arts and was a student of Antoine Bourdelle and Joseph Bernard .

He was represented at numerous exhibitions, including the Parisian salons of the Société des Artistes Français , Société du Salon d'Automne and the Société des artistes décorateurs . He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français . In 1921 he received the silver medal, in 1926 the gold medal, the Prix Blumenthal in 1932 and an honorary diploma at the Paris World Exhibition in 1937 .

Traverse belonged to the artist group La Stèle founded by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) and sculptor Arthur Goldscheider in the early 1920s with representatives of Art Deco , whose work Goldscheider exhibited in 1925 at the Paris Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern .

Works (selection)

Archer et Centaure
Femme et enfant
Jeune femme courant avec une gazelle
Fructidor
Femme nue, s'appuyant sur une roche
Femme et biche
Baigneuse
Baigneuse accroupie
Diane et two levriers
Eve

literature

TRAVERSE, Pierre (born 1892). Sculptor. Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
Jacques Baschet: Sculpteurs de ce temps . Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1946.
Catalog d'exposition "Pierre Traverse". Martel-Greiner Gallery, 1997.

Web links

Pierre Traverse (French, 1892-1979). In: artnet , with pictures of Traverses work.

Individual evidence

↑ TRAVERSE, Pierre (born 1892). Sculptor. Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
↑ Catalog d'exposition "Pierre Traverse". Martel-Greiner Gallery, 1997.
^ 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.

personal data
SURNAME	Traverse, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 1, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-André-de-Cubzac , France
DATE OF DEATH	4th July 1979
Place of death	Paris , France

[1] TRAVERSE, Pierre (born 1892). Sculptor. Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.

[2] Catalog d'exposition "Pierre Traverse". Martel-Greiner Gallery, 1997.

[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.