- Henri Bouchard
Henri Bouchard (
December 13 ,1875 ,Dijon -November 30 ,1960 ,Paris ) was a French sculptor.The son of a carpenter, Bouchard was educated at the
Académie Julian and in the studio ofLouis-Ernest Barrias before entering theEcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He took thePrix de Rome in 1901. His attention turned away from models from antiquity, and towards peasants, everyday life, and ordinary workers. Bouchard himself became a professor at the Académie Julian in 1910.In November 1941 Bouchard was one of a number of French painters and sculptors who accepted an official invitation from
Joseph Goebbels for a grand tour of Nazi Germany. Others who accepted the invitation wereCharles Despiau ,Paul Landowski ,André Dunoyer de Segonzac , and Fauve artistsKees van Dongen ,Maurice de Vlaminck , andAndré Derain . On his return Bouchard had kind words about the status accorded artists in Nazi Germany. Upon Liberation, in 1944, Bouchard was suspended from his professorship, branded a collaborator and ostracized by many former supporters.The
Musée Bouchard in Paris was opened in 1962 and closed in 2007, at the sculptor's former studio at 25 rue de l'Yvette. Its collections, including a large figure of Apollo displayed at thePalais de Chaillot , plus over a thousand other works such as bronze casts, stone sculptures, and original plaster works, have been transferred to the Musée de La Piscine inRoubaix . According to the museum's web site, a reconstruction of the studio will open in 2010.Work
* symbols of the four evangelists, for the campanile of
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris , 1911
* figure of the medieval sculptorClaus Sluter , 1911
* statues for theReformation Wall inGeneva , executed with fellow French sculptorPaul Landowski , circa 1912
* monument to the children of Saint-Quentin (Aisne) in collaboration with the architectPaul Bigot and sculptor Paul Landowski, 1927
* Christ on the Cross on the facade of the church of Saint-Martin,Chauny , France, circa 1930
* the tympanum of the church Saint Pierre de Chaillot in Paris, 1933-1935
* "Apollo" for the terrace of thePalais de Chaillot , 1937
* the tombs ofAlbert Bartholomé ,Gabriel Pierné andGénéral Grossetti , all inPere Lachaise cemeterySources
*fr en [http://www.bouchard-sculpteur.com/ Musée Bouchard] (Bouchard Museum)
*fr [http://www.bouchard-sculpteur.com Association des Amis d'Henri Bouchard] (Henri Bouchard friends non-profit corporation)
* Modernity and Nostalgia: Art and Politics in France Between the Wars, Romy Golan, 1995
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