Nicole Algan
Nicole Algan (June 13 1924 – May 29, 1986) was a French sculptor.
Nicole Algan
- Born
- 13 June 1924
- Birthplace
- Épinal
- Died
- 29 May 1986
- Place of death
- Romans-sur-Isère
- Full name
- Nicolle Marie Louise Algan.
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Key facts
• Born — 13 June 1924 • Birthplace — Épinal • Died — 29 May 1986 • Place of death — Romans-sur-Isère
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Bust of French postman Ferdinand Cheval, by Nicole Algan. From 1942 to 1944 Algan studied the École des Beaux-arts de Paris, in the studio of Charles Despiau. She then worked with Derain from 1944 to 1954. In 1957 Argan taught sculpture at the d'Hussein Dey youth school in Alger. In 1968 she realized en a large monument to the dead of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, made of five blocks of cement three metres high by five metres wide, and a bust of Facteur Cheval at Hauterives.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1971: L'Œil écoute, Lyon • 1976: L'art marginal, Nice
Collections
• Musée de Grenoble • Hauterives, bust at the Palais du Facteur Cheval • Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon: Le petit dieu, sculpture, wood and steel, 137 x 70 x 30 cm • Musée de Romans-sur-Isère, jardin: sculptures
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- 1.Algan, Nicole. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00002854.
- 2.Michel Charzat, Le titan foudroyé, Paris, Hazan, 2015.
- 3.Tapisserie (Titre attribué). www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 4.Photographes en Rhône-Alpes:Le facteur Ferdinand Cheval à Hauterives. numelyo.bm-lyon.fr.
- 5.Cnap. www.cnap.fr.
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