Nicole Algan | |
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| Born | June 13, 1924[1] |
| Died | May 29, 1986 (aged 60) |
Nicole Algan (June 13 1924– May 29, 1986) was a French sculptor.
Biography
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Bust of French postman Ferdinand Cheval, by Nicole Algan.
From 1942 to 1944 Algan studied the École des Beaux-arts de Paris, in the studio of Charles Despiau. She then worked with Derain from 1944 to 1954.[2]
In 1957 Argan taught sculpture at the d'Hussein Dey youth school in Alger.
In 1968 she realized en a large monument to the dead of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, made of five blocks of cement three metres high by five metres wide, and a bust of Facteur Cheval at Hauterives.
Exhibitions
- 1971 : L'Œil écoute, Lyon
- 1976 : L'art marginal, Nice
Collections
- Musée de Grenoble[3]
- Hauterives, bust at the Palais du Facteur Cheval[4]
- Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon : Le petit dieu, sculpture, wood and steel, 137 x 70 x 30 cm[5]
- Musée de Romans-sur-Isère, jardin : sculptures
References
- ↑ "Algan, Nicole". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00002854.
- ↑ Michel Charzat, Le titan foudroyé, Paris, Hazan, 2015.
- ↑ "Tapisserie (Titre attribué)". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- ↑ "Photographes en Rhône-Alpes:Le facteur Ferdinand Cheval à Hauterives". numelyo.bm-lyon.fr.
- ↑ "Cnap". www.cnap.fr.
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