Évariste Jonchère
Évariste Jonchère (8 July 1892, in Coulonges-les-Hérolles, Vienne – 1956, in Paris) was a French sculptor. He studied with Antonin Mercié and Jean Boucher at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, then received the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1925. Winning the Prix de l'Indochine in 1932 took him for two years to Vietnam, then Manchuria, Japan, San Francisco and Newfoundland.
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Évariste Jonchère
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- Born
- 1892. · Coulonges-les-Hérolles.
- Died
- 1956. · 6th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- sculptor and painter.
- Movements
- Art Deco, Orientalism and africanism.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Born at Coulonges-les-Hérolles in 1892, died at 6th arrondissement of Paris in 1956.
The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Sujet: Jonchère, Évariste (1892-1956) -- Portraits Prix de sculpture Prix de Rome Paris (France) Portraits -- 1914-1945 Référence bibliographique: Rol, 102945 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: Pho20Rol
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1892
Évariste Jonchère born at Coulonges-les-Hérolles.
1956
Évariste Jonchère died at 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Jean-Paul Bergeri Histoire de Moûtiers: capitale de la Tarentaise 2007 Page 93 "À seize ans, Jonchère est admis, à Paris, à l'Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. Il sera l'élève de Mercié et de Boucher. Obtenant le grand prix de Rome en 1925, il travaille quatre années dans le cadre de la Villa Médicis avant d'aller ..."
- 2.Jean-Paul Bergeri Histoire de Moûtiers: capitale de la Tarentaise Page 93 - 2007 "... années dans le cadre de la Villa Médicis avant d'aller enseigner à l'école des beaux-arts du Havre. Le prix Indochine, en 1932, va le conduire deux années au Viêt Nam, puis en Mandchourie, au Japon, à San Francisco et à Terre-Neuve | Rentré à Paris, il participe à l'Exposition universelle de 1937 et, l'année suivante, il est nommé directeur de l'École des beaux-arts d'Indochine à Hanoï. Succédant à Victor Tardieu, il y restera jusqu'en 1944. Jonchère va y jouer un rôle "
- 3.Lindy Joubert Educating in the Arts: The Asian Experience: Twenty-Four Essays 2008 Page 43 - "A rare example was in Vietnam in 1937, when sculptor Evariste Jonchère (1892–1956) came from France and took over the Directorship of the École until 1945. While his own work was more modernist than that of Tardieu, the previous .."
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