Jeanne Itasse-Broquet
French sculptor (1867–1941)
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Jeanne Itasse-Broquet (1867–1941) was a French sculptor. She began her career at the age of fourteen, exhibiting at the Paris Salon.
25 September 1867
Biography
Itasse was born on 25 September 1867 in Paris.[1][2] She received her training from her father, Adolphe Itasse. She married fellow sculptor Gaston Broquet.[3]
Itasse-Broquet began exhibiting her work at the Paris Salon around 1881 and continued to do so until 1938.[3] She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] She also exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.[3] She received medals at both exhibitions.[4]
Itasse-Broquet died in 1941 in Paris.[1][2]
Egyptian Harpist by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet, 1891
Bacchante by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet, 1899
Bust of Adolphe Itasse at Père Lachaise Cemetery by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet
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