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Paul Gasq

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The Artistic Revelation; Grand Palais

Paul Jean-Baptiste Gasq (30 March 1860 – 28 October 1944) was a French sculptor, born in Dijon.[1]

Life

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His father was a railway employee who was often absent. He began his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Dijon then, in 1879, enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he took the Prix de Rome in 1890 and studied there until 1894.[2] He also won a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

From 1932, he was the curator of the Dijon Museum. In 1935, he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. He died in Paris

Work

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References

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  1. ^ Peigné, Guillaume, ... (2012). Dictionnaire des sculpteurs néo-baroques français, 1870-1914 (in French). Paris: Éd. du CTHS. pp. 250–256. ISBN 978-2-7355-0780-1. OCLC 828238758.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ The Monumental News. R.J. Haight. 1896. p. 502.
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  • Paul Gasq in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website Edit this at Wikidata