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1878 Vendome, France - 1958 Paris, France. Known for: Animal sculpture, still life painting, drawing, ceramics.
Roger Godchaux, born in Vendôme on December 21, 1878 and died March 6, 1958 in Paris, was a French painter, draftsman and animal sculptor. If all domestic and wild bestiary is part of his artistic... Read full biography
Roger Godchaux, born in Vendôme on December 21, 1878 and died March 6, 1958 in Paris, was a French painter, draftsman and animal sculptor. If all domestic and wild bestiary is part of his artistic universe, it is the wild beasts and elephants that have been his favorite subjects. A figurative... Read full biography
Roger Godchaux, born in Vendôme on December 21, 1878 and died March 6, 1958 in Paris, was a French painter, draftsman and animal sculptor. If all domestic and wild bestiary is part of his artistic universe, it is the wild beasts and elephants that have been his favorite subjects. A figurative sculptor, he represents the animal without artifice, in his attitudes of everyday life. Roger Godchaux's father was an antique dealer. His mother, Jeanne Godchaux, was a concert pianist. He had a brother... Read full biography
Roger Godchaux, born in Vendôme on December 21, 1878 and died March 6, 1958 in Paris, was a French painter, draftsman and animal sculptor. If all domestic and wild bestiary is part of his artistic universe, it is the wild beasts and elephants that have been his favorite subjects. A figurative sculptor, he represents the animal without artifice, in his attitudes of everyday life. Roger Godchaux's father was an antique dealer. His mother, Jeanne Godchaux, was a concert pianist. He had a brother Yvan with whom he studied in Vendôme under the care of his maternal grandparents, who were music teachers in high school. Having moved to Paris, in 1894 he was admitted to the School of Fine Arts. He soon turned to animal art, and became a pupil of... Read full biography
Roger Godchaux, born in Vendôme on December 21, 1878 and died March 6, 1958 in Paris, was a French painter, draftsman and animal sculptor. If all domestic and wild bestiary is part of his artistic universe, it is the wild beasts and elephants that have been his favorite subjects. A figurative sculptor, he represents the animal without artifice, in his attitudes of everyday life. Roger Godchaux's father was an antique dealer. His mother, Jeanne Godchaux, was a concert pianist. He had a brother Yvan with whom he studied in Vendôme under the care of his maternal grandparents, who were music teachers in high school. Having moved to Paris, in 1894 he was admitted to the School of Fine Arts. He soon turned to animal art, and became a pupil of Jules Adler and Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1896 he was a pupil of the Julian Academy*. A great admirer of Antoine-Louis Barye, Godchaux will crea... Read full biography
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