Photo of Ségoffin, 1901

Victor Joseph Jean Ambroise Ségoffin (5 March 1867 17 October 1925) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Born in Toulouse, Ségoffin's early education was at the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat. After school he was admitted to the Toulouse School of Fine Arts in the studio of Charles Ponsin-Andarahy. In 1887, having become an orphan, he joined the army. He took further education at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Louis-Ernest Barrias and Pierre-Jules Cavelier. Ségoffin won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1897. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 1920 he was appointed head of the women's studio at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1906 he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, and an officier in 1911.[2] A street in Toulouse is named after him.

Works

His most notable works include:

References

  1. "Victor Ségoffin". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. Base Léonore: Légion d'Honneur dossier

Bibliography

  • Luce Rivet, "Victor Ségoffin (1867-1923)", Revue du Comminges, 2e trimestre 1988
  • Guillaume Peigné, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs néo-baroques français (1870-1914), Paris, CTHS, Coll. Format no 71, 2012, 559 p. (ISBN 9782735507801), p. 445-454
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