Joé Descomps
Joé Descomps-Cormier (18 January 1869 – 24 April 1950) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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- Name
- Joé Descomps-Cormier
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 18 January 1869
- Birthplace
- Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Died
- 24 April 1950
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Full name
- Joseph-Jules-Emmanuel Descomps.
- Nationality
- France.
- Movements
- Art Deco.
- Teachers
- Louis Auguste Hiolin.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Joé Descomps-Cormier (18 January 1869 – 24 April 1950) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Training under Louis Auguste Hiolin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are La Charité-sur-Loire. Employment is recorded with Boucheron. Work by Joé Descomps is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Hessian State Museum Darmstadt, Driehaus Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Matrice et coin du revers de la médaille du tricentenaire de la naissance de Blaise Pascal, matrice de l'avers de la médaille. 1923. Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot, Inv 146.
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Vue en contreplongée dédiée au peintre Victor Charreton. Sculptée par Jospeh Descomps et inuagurée en 1939, elle est située au pied du volcan Tartaret, le long du chemin haut de Chambon à Murol.
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• Name — Joé Descomps-Cormier • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 18 January 1869 • Birthplace — Clermont-Ferrand, France • Died — 24 April 1950 • Place of death — Paris, France
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Identity and origins
Joé Descomps was recorded at birth as Joseph-Jules-Emmanuel Descomps. The authorities additionally record the headings Joe Descomps, Joseph Cormier, Joé Descomps-Cormier, Joseph Jules Emmanuel Cormier and Joseph J.Emanuel Cormier. His recorded language was French. Recognition and collections. Descomps received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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1869
Joé Descomps born at Clermont-Ferrand.
1950
Joé Descomps died at Paris.
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