François Pompon (May 9th 1855 - May 6th 1933) was a Sculpteur French. He is known for his animalist sculptures, in particular exposed with the Musée of Orsay. Its style is characterized by the lissity and simplification.

Life

It was born with Saulieu, close to Dijon and died in Paris. His/her father was carpenter - cabinetmaker. Pompom was apprentice mason stone at a monumental mason with Dijon. In 1882, it married Berthe Velain. He dies without descent in 1933.

Career

He was the pupil of Pierre Louis Rouillard with the École of decorative Arts in 1870. Its first exposed works (at the time of the Living room of the portraits of 1879) are busts.

Throughout its life, he was expert for other sculptors of which Dampt in 1885, Antonin Mercié in 1888 and Alexandre Falguière in 1890. He also worked with Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel of 1890 with 1895. He then assisted Rene de Saint-Marceaux until 1914.

Pompom was interested, like Camille Claudel, in the Far East and particularly admired the Egyptian art and its crowned animals. Its first sculpture was a Lucane (1874).

In 1905, its choice of the simplification of the forms became final for its personal sculptures. It smoothed significant surfaces and disencumbered its animal representations of all ornaments. When the Bear appeared with the Salon of autumn of 1922, work sliced by its modernism on the agitated sculpture inherited the 19th century.

Quotations

“It is the movement which determines the form, which I tried to return, it is the direction of the movement. With the Botanical garden, I am the animals when they go… What is interesting it is the animal which moves”

“I make the animal with almost all his flounces, and then gradually, I eliminate in order to not preserve more but what is essential”

“When you have a success, lock up you in your workshop and work”

Works

• Cosette carrying a bucket , House of Victor Hugo
• Small brown bear (1918), Museum of Orsay
• Polar bear , Museum of Orsay
• the Wave, Rodin Museum (with Camille Claudel)
• the sculptor and his MUSE , Rodin Museum (with Auguste Rodin)
• Hen Cayenne
• Bull , entered of Saulieu
• the Turtle-dove , bronzes with black patina
• Panthère Black , bronzes with black patina

There is a Museum François Pompon with Saulieu. One finds there in particular:

• the Head of the bear
• Cosette
• the Priest of Saulieu
• Wild boar of bronze (1925)
• Pigeon with the nest (1926)
• Panther (1926)
• Pelican of plaster (1924)
• Pheasant of plaster (1933)
• Panther of plaster
• the Mole

A room is devoted to him to the Musée of the Art schools of Dijon.

• Small owl (1918): bronze of 18 cm

See too

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