Paul Cornet
French visual artist, teacher (1892–1977)
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Paul Cornet (18 March 1892 – 10 April 1977) was a French sculptor, painter, and teacher. He was known for his statues, nudes sculptures, busts, and monuments. He taught at the Académie Scandinave in Paris for many years.
Paul Cornet | |
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| Born | 18 March 1892 Paris, France |
| Died | c. 10 April 1977 Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles, Centre-Val de Loire, France |
| Education | École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs |
| Occupations | Visual artist, teacher |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse | Elna Lübschitz (m. 1919–) |
| Father | Alphonse Cornet |
Early life, and education
Paul Cornet was born on 18 March 1892, in Paris, France,[1][2] the son of genre painter Alphonse Cornet (1839–1898). He studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, as well as under sculptor Camille Debert.[1]
He married in November 1919, Elna Lübschitz, the daughter of the Danish painter John Lübschitz (1858–1941).[3]
Career
Cornet was a teacher at the Académie Scandinave (English: Scandinavian Academy) a private art school in Paris, from 1929 to 1935.[4]
He initially worked in a cubist style on his sculptures, and drew inspiration from Egyptian sculpture.[5] Later he worked in a more realism style.[5]
From 1954 to 1955, Cornet worked on the Tulle Memorial, a monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of World War II in Tulle in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Starting in 1964, Cornet exhibited with the le Groupe des Neuf (the Group of Nine) at the Galerie Vendôme in Paris, of which group he was one of the co-founders a year earlier.[1] Cornet sculpted a large number of monumental portraits (Campagne) for the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, as well as a sculpture (La Vienne) for the Champ de Juillet in Limoges, (Hygieia) for the Sèvres manufacture in Luxeuil-les-Bains, (Venus and Cupid) for the Orangerie in Meudon in Île-de-France, and a bronze (Tour d'Auvergne) for the Panthéon in Paris.[1]
Cornet was recognized for his work and awarded the Wildenstein prize in 1967, and Paul-Louis Weiller prize in 1972.[1]
Death and legacy
Cornet died on either the 10th or 15th of April 1977, in Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles in Centre-Val de Loire, France.[1][6]
His work can be found in museum collections, including Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,[6] and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.[7]