Discover sculptor, graphic artist, painter Germaine Richier

Qualifications: sculptor, graphic artist, painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: French

Born: Grans 1904-09-16

Deceased: Montpellier 1959-07-31

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17 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
4 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Education: École des Beaux-Arts (Montpellier)

1922-1925 bij Louis Jacques Guigues (een leerling van Auguste Rodin)
Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Parijs)

1926-1929

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Montpellier 1922 - 1925
Parijs 1926 - 1929
werkte lange tijd op het atelier van Bourdelle, tot diens dood in 1929
Zwitserland 1940 - 1945
tijdens de oorlog deels in Zwitserland deels in de Provence
Provence (streek) 1940 - 1945
tijdens de oorlog deels in Zwitserland deels in de Provence
Parijs 1946

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Connections with other artists

Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bär, Nelly
Müller, Robert (1920-2003)

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, portrait

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 17 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Vollmer 1953-1962 , vol. 4, p. 61; dl 6, p. 376
Arnhem 1955 , p. 24, nr. 153-154
Arnhem 1958 , p. 37, nr. 271-273
Arnhem 1966A , p. 45, afb. 194-195
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 259
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 11, p. 666-668
Saur 1999-2000 , vol. 8, p. 373

Tent.cat.'13 beeldhouwers uit Parijs', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1948
J. Grenier, 'Germaine Richier, sculpteur du terrible', L'oeil 9 (september 1955), p. 26-31
Hans Jaffé, ‘5e Internationale beeldententoonstelling Sonsbeek ‘66’, Arnhem 1966, p. 45
S. Wilson, 'Germaine Richier: disquieting matriarch', Sculpture Journal 14 (2005), p. 51-70
Vive les modernités! Rencontres Arles XXX (1999) (NFM)

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zie afdeling MHK voor foto's gemaakt door V.S.P. Esser van beeldhouwwerken

Project: Modern sculpture

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Creation date: 1992-01-25; Last modified date: 2017-03-30

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