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Main page Robert Juvin (1921–2005) was a French sculptor who worked in
Robert Juvin
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Life and work [edit]
Recent changes Robert Juvin was born in 1921 in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. He attended the École supérieure de dessin in Paris,
Upload file and in 1941 went to the École des Beaux-arts in Paris. He also studied at the École régionale des Beaux-arts in
Nantes.[1] During World War II (1939–45) he fought in the French Resistance. Later he was awarded the Croix
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de Guerre.[2] He was attached to the military government in Germany for administration of artistic recovery.
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Juvin was professor of sculpture at the French School in Koblenz, Germany.[1]
Special pages Juvin founded the group Mur Vivant (Living Wall) which set itself the goal of re-integrating the visual arts with
Permanent link architecture. He prepared reliefs in asbestos-cement.[3] Juvin was commissioned to create one of the sixteen
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haut-relief sculptures for the Mémorial de la France combattante at Fort Mont-Valérien, opened in June 1960.
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His sculpture, entitled Narvik, commemorates the departure of the French expeditionary force from Narvik,
Norway on 3–8 June 1940. It depicts a longship pierced with arrows, but still afloat.[4] His Allégorie de la Loire,
Print/export made around 1960, is mounted in the wall of the Quai Mayaud of Saumur.[5]
Download as PDF In 1962 Juvin created a bas-relief Bienheureuse Vierge de la Merced for the facade of the Église Sainte-
Languages Jeanne-de-Chantal in Paris (16e).[6] Early in 1964 Juvin's work was displayed in the Biennale de la Sculpture at
Add links the Rodin museum in Paris.[7] Juvin was commissioned to create the facades of the Musée de La Poste.[8]
Juvin's sculpture Couple (1987) stands in the gardens of the Palais Carnoles, Menton's Museum of Fine Art.[2]
A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Palais Carnoles from 22 February to 19 May 2003.[9]
Robert Juvin died in Paris in 2005.[1]
Awards [edit]
Awards given to Juvin included:[1]
Prix de la Fondation Florence Blumenthal, 1954
Officier des Arts et Lettres, 1961
Prix du Jeune Travailleur Intellectuel – collaboration architecte-sculpteur, 1962
Grande médaille d’argent de la Ville de Paris, 1963
References [edit]
1. ^ a b c d JUVIN Robert, Région Basse-Normandie.
2. ^ a b The Couple, Menton Daily Photo.
3. ^ AC 1967, p. 52.
4. ^ Les seize hauts reliefs, Mont-Valérien.
5. ^ La Loire à Saumur, petit patrimoine.
6. ^ Paris, église Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal.
7. ^ Revue Internationale D'amiante-ciment 1969, p. 10.
8. ^ Texier 2007, p. 189.
9. ^ Robert Juvin, Artaujourdhui.
Sources [edit]
AC . Editions Girsberger. 1967. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
"JUVIN Robert" (PDF). Région Basse-Normandie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved
2014-11-18.
"La Loire à Saumur" . petit patrimoine. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
"Les seize hauts reliefs" . Mont-Valérien. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
"Paris, église Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal" . patrimoine-histoire.fr. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
Revue Internationale D'amiante-ciment: Internationale Asbestzement-Revue. International Asbestos-cement
Review . 1969. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
"Robert Juvin" . Artaujourdhui. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
Texier, Simon (2007). Paris, grammaire de l'architecture, XXe-XXIe siècles . Parigramme. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
"The Couple" . Menton Daily Photo. 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
Categories: 1921 births 2005 deaths 20th-century French sculptors French male sculptors
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