Art Nouveau Bust in white marble by Pierre Charles Lenoir

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Art Nouveau Bust in white marble 1900 - 1910

Pierre Charles Lenoir

StoneWhite marble
ConditionVery good
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About the artwork
White marble carved relief of a woman's face in Art Nouveau style, made by Pierre Charles Lenoir, circa 1900 – 1914.

The refined face with decorated headband and wavy hair is sculpted from a rough piece of white marble which gives a beautiful contrast. The bust is signed on the right side of the bust with “Lenoir”.
About the artist
Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor and medallist and was one of the Breton sculptors born in the 1880s who studied together at the École régionale des Beaux-Arts in Rennes; Jean Boucher, Louis-Henri Nicot, Armel-Beaufils, Paul Le Goff, Eloi Robert, Albert Bourget and Francis Renaud.
He was the son of the sculptor Charles Joseph Lenoir. He married the painter Mathilde Berthe Thorel who also used the name Mathilde Lenoir. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Rennes and the École des beaux-arts de Paris.
He became the director of the École des beaux-arts de Rennes and in 1931 he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. He died on 9 September 1953 and is buried in the Thorel family grave in the Père-Lachaise cemetery. A plaque marks his residence between 1914 and 1953 at 12 rue d'Auteuil in Paris.

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