Maurice Savin
Maurice Savin (born Maurice Louis Savin; 17 October 1894 – 1973), was a French artist, painter, ceramicist and tapestry-maker his works are included in many private and public collections.
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Maurice Savin
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- Name
- Maurice Savin
- Birth Name
- Maurice Louis Savin
- Born
- 17 October 1894
- Birthplace
- Moras, Drôme, France
- Died
- 1973
- Place of death
- Paris
- Known for
- Painting
- Full name
- Maurice Louis Savin.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, ceramicist, medalist, printmaker and artist.
- Fields
- painting.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Maurice Savin (born Maurice Louis Savin; 17 October 1894 – 1973), was a French artist, painter, ceramicist and tapestry-maker his works are included in many private and public collections.
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The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Maurice Savin is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nationalmuseum, Musée d'art moderne de Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and Musée National d'Art Moderne. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Maurice Savin • Birth Name — Maurice Louis Savin • Born — 17 October 1894 • Birthplace — Moras, Drôme, France • Died — 1973 • Place of death — Paris • Known for — Painting
Biography
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Maurice Savin was born in the Drôme in south-eastern France. He studied art before being conscripted into the French military in 1914. He was wounded twice, during World War I, being awarded the Croix de Guerre. After the war, Savin worked for various magazines and journals as an illustrator, during this period he continued to paint and had exhibitions in Paris at, for example, the Salon d’Automne. In 1933, he began working in ceramics, producing a mural for the Hôtel de Ville in Montélimar in 1936.
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