Maurice Reymond de Broutelles

J. Maurice Reymond de Broutelles (or just Maurice Reymond, sometimes also given as "de Brouteilles", April 25, 1862 – November 17, 1936^[1]) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, and engraver who worked in Paris, France.

Born in Geneva, Reymond studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Henri Chapu and Félix Joseph Barrias.^[2] Reymond had his atelier in Paris, where he frequently presented his works at expositions. At the Expositions Universelles in Paris in 1889 and in 1900 he was awarded a bronze and a silver medal for his works, respectively. He died in Paris at the age of 74.^[3]

Selected works

Statue Neue Geschichte (Modern history) at the Federal Palace in Berne, Switzerland.

Sculptures:

• The calm (plaster statue) and Bust of a child (bronze), both at the Musée Rath in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Statues of Polynesia and South America on the main post office of Geneva.
• Bronze bust of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, University of Geneva.
• Expression study, bronze bust at the Museum of Winterthur, Switzerland.
• Bronze statue of Major Davel in Lausanne, Switzerland (1891).
• The rage, bas-relief.
• A damned (after Dante), marble.
• Bronze busts of Mathias Morhardt and of Félix Vallotton.
• Bronze statues Ancient history and Modern history besides the main entrance of the Federal Palace in Berne, Switzerland (1901).
• The heads of "Wisdom", "Strength", and "Courage", also at the Federal Palace in Bern; decorations in stone.
• Statue of Alexandre Vinet in Lausanne.

Paintings:

• Nue assise dans les fleurs, nude painting, 1922.

References

1. ^ Vollmer, H.: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, vol. IV, E. A. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1958; entry "Reymond (de Broutelles), J. Maurice".
2. ^ Bénézit, 1999 edition, vol. 11, entry "Reymond de Broutelles, J. Maurice".
3. ^ Veillon, P.: "Reymond de Brouteilles, Maurice", in Brun, C.: Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon, Verlag von Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1908.

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Date of birth	April 25, 1862
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Date of death	November 17, 1936
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