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Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny

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Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny
Born1912
Died2000
Alma materÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
OccupationSculptor
Bust of Chateaubriand, designed by Gambier

Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny (1912–2000) was a French sculptor. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts.[1] He won the Prix de Rome in Sculpture for La jeune Eve apparaît à l'aurore première in 1942.[1] He also designed public sculptures, like the bust of François-René de Chateaubriand on the Square des Missions-Étrangères in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Base Joconde: La jeune Eve apparaît à l'aurore première, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
  2. ^ Hargrove, June Ellen (1991). The Statues of Paris: An Open Air Pantheon. Paris: Vendome Press. p. 344. ISBN 9780865651210. OCLC 233030330.