Fanny Marc
She was born Estelle Odile Fanny Legendre on May 22, 1858, in Paris and lived in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, where a street, rue Fanny Marc, is named for her. Marc studied under sculptors Alexandre Falguière, Louis-Ernest Barrias and Georges Lemaire, and exhibited a sculpture group at the Grand Palais in 1904, at the annual show of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors. This work was judged "among the best of the sculptures" at the exhibit by The Times of London.
Fanny Marc
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- Full name
- Estelle Odile Fanny Legendre.
- Born
- 1858. · Paris.
- Died
- 1937. · Nice.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Teachers
- Alexandre Falguière, Louis-Ernest Barrias and Georges Lemaire.
- Languages
- French.
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She was born Estelle Odile Fanny Legendre on May 22, 1858, in Paris and lived in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, where a street, rue Fanny Marc, is named for her. Marc studied under sculptors Alexandre Falguière, Louis-Ernest Barrias and Georges Lemaire, and exhibited a sculpture group at the Grand Palais in 1904, at the annual show of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors. This work was judged "among the best of the sculptures" at the exhibit by The Times of London.
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She was awarded the third-place medal in 1904, and second place in 1906. For avoiding clichés in Biblical subjects Marc was called "a lady sculptor of genius" in a 1912. Marc died on May 1, 1937.
• Jésus sur la prière, c. 1904 • The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, 1906 • Death of Abel • La Vérité Sortant du Puits, l'Ancien Théâtre de Verdure, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda • Narcissus and Echo, jardin Bossuet, Meaux • Monument to the dead of 1870, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre • Nymph and her child
« La Vérité Sortant du Puits » œuvre du sculpteur Fanny Marc (1858-1937). Cette statue d’ une jeune femme nue sortant d’ un puits représente l’ allégorie de la « Vérité ». La « Vérité » est sans fard et sans vêtement (jeune femme totalement nue) et il faut la rechercher dans les profondeurs de l’ esprit (le puits). L’ allégorie de la « Vérité » représentée de cette manière est quelque peu banale.
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La face arrière de « La Vérité Sortant du Puits » œuvre du sculpteur Fanny Marc (1858-1937). Cette statue d’ une jeune femme nue sortant d’ un puits représente l’ allégorie de la « Vérité ». La « Vérité » est sans fard et sans vêtement (jeune femme totalement nue) et il faut la rechercher dans les profondeurs de l’ esprit (le puits). L’ allégorie de la « Vérité » représentée de cette manière est q
Jpbazard Jean-Pierre bazard
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