1. Life

2. Awards

3. Salons

4. Works

5. Critical reception

6. References

7. Bibliography

8. External links

Charles-Henri Pourquet, born Henri Charles Justin Pourquet (14 August 1877 – 1943) was a French sculptor.

Life

Born in Colombes, the son of a baker, Pourquet had Nivernais origins and was a student of Louis-Ernest Barrias and Jules Coutan at the École des beaux-arts de Paris.^[1] In 1907, he became a member of the Société des artistes français

He was successful after the First World War, with sculptures of Poilus that served as models for many war memorials in France^[2] under three different models: Bust,Poilu, and more particularly the one entitled Resistance, of which several hundred copies will be cast by the {{ill|Fonderie d'art du Val d'Osne|fr}}.^[3]

Among other works, is "Orpheus at the tomb of Eurydice", a bas-relief which will then be acquired by the State for the new National Conservatory of Music,^[4] a monument dedicated to Jules Renard in Chitry-les-Mines (Nièvre)^[4] where the writer lived as a child, and the Tombeau de la famille Sabaterie, in the Arlanc (Puy-de-Dôme) cemetery.^[4] He remarried at the town hall of the 18th arrondissement on 5 November 1921, with Valentine Saint-Selve.

For a long time, Pourquet had his workshop at {{ill|Les Fusains|fr}}, an artists community located at 22 {{ill|rue Tourlaque|fr}}^[5] in Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement.

Awards

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1931.
• Gold medal at the 1929 Salon.

Salons

• Salon des artistes français:
• 1925: Maréchal Sérurier, stone statue, commissioned by the State.
• 1928: Statue de mon jeune ami Jean Le Blond, plaster; Tristesse, terracotta statuette.
• 1935: M. Renaitour, député-maire d'Auxerre, plaster, M. Ortiz, président des Amis de la Légion.

Works

• Chitry: Monument to Jules Renard , destroyed in 1942.
• Lormes: Résistance, poilu blocking the enemy's way, at the top of the War Memorial.

Critical reception

• In May 1919, the magazine L'Art funéraire devoted a complimentary article to him with a photograph on the front page. Each issue, since its publication, has been used to advertise him and describes him as a "statuary of pain".

References

Bibliography

• Benezit Dictionary of Artists
• André Roussard, Dictionnaire des peintres à Montmartre, Paris, éditions Roussard, 1999, {{p.|486}}.
• Bernard Morot-Gaudry, La sculpture en Morvan au XXe siècle et début du XXIe, 2017, Éditions {{ill|Académie du Morvan|fr}}, bulletin {{n°|82}}, {{p.|17-18}}.
• Maurice Le Blond, L'Œuvre de Charles-Henri Pourquet, statuaire, 1921.

External links

• [https://monumentsmorts.univ-lille.fr/auteur/173/pourquetcharles-henri/ POURQUET Charles-Henri]
• [https://monumentsmorts.univ-lille.fr/blog/actualite/5210/les-oeuvres-commemoratives-du-sculpteur-pourquet/ Les œuvres commémoratives du sculpteur Pourquet]
• [https://monumentsauxmortsphoto.com/tag/charles-henri-pourquet/ Monuments aux morts de Normandie et d'ailleurs]

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