Discover sculptor, painter, medalist Léopold Kretz

Qualifications: sculptor, painter, medalist, teacher

Nationality/school: Polish, Ukrainian, French
genaturaliseerd tot Fransman in 1968

Born: Lviv (city) 1907-02-04

Deceased: Paris 1990-04-16

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1931 - 1983
ca. 1931-1983 (werkzaam vanaf 1931; laatste expositie in 1983 volgens: Benezit 2006)

Education: Academie voor Schone Kunsten (Krakau)

vanaf 1926
École des Beaux-Arts (Parijs)

1931 (Benezit 2006)

Active in

Parijs 1931
vanaf 1931, bevriend met Constantin Brancusi

Teacher at academy/university: Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Parijs)
1948-1951
École des Beaux-Arts (Reims)
vanaf 1951
École des Beaux-Arts (Parijs)
vanaf 1975

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bourdelle, Antoine
Despiau, Charles
Dunikowski, Xawery
Landowski, Paul Maximilien
Ontmoeting met Brancusi, Malfray, Pimienta en Maillolan aan het atelier van Bourdelle.

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: figure, nude figure, genre, portrait

Medium/technique: bronze, marble, types of stone (guide term)
Product: bust (sculpture), monument

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: Neoclassicism

Member of

vanaf 1931 Salon des Tuileries

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE (maart 2011)
Bénézit 2006 , vol. 8 (2006), p. 85-86

http://www.francoise-trin-sculpture.com/pages/scuplture-krets.html (maart 2011)

Documentation RKD

This field specifies the location of the various RKD documentation materials. Most of the locations refer to our art-historical image documentation. In addition, you will find references to press documentation (clippings and short articles) here.

BD/RKD/1030 - BUI/Sculpture/Central European States exculding Russia

External links: http://www.francoise-trin-sculpture.com/pages/scuplture-krets.html

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Creation date: 2004-12-02; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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