Joseph Bernard
Joseph Bernard (1866, Vienne, Isère – 1931) was a modern classical French sculptor, featured on the frontispiece of Elie Faure's 1927 survey of modern art, "Spirit of Forms". Bernard was trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Pierre-Jules Cavelier.
Also recorded as Joseph Antoine Bernard · Joseph-Antoine Bernard · Jules Bernard
Joseph Bernard

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- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1931
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor · draftsperson
- Fields
- figurative art
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1866
Joseph Bernard was born in 1866.
1931
Joseph Bernard died at Boulogne-Billancourt.
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