François Desnoyer - Artist Info

About François Desnoyer

  • Biography

    François Desnoyer was born in Montauban in 1894.

    He enrolled in l'École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1913 where he studied with Bourdelle. He later became a professor at that same school. He was mobilized in the infantry in World War One; he was wounded three times.

    Beginning in 1922, Desnoyer exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants, and Salon d'Automne. He exhibited the Salon des Artistes de ce Temps in the group Gromaire-Lipchitz.

    Desnoyer had one-man shows at Galerie Drouant-David and Galerie Guiot. He exhibited at Marlborough Gallery and Adams Gallery in London.

    He designed decorations for both l'Exhibition Universalle de Paris, 1925 and 1937, where he w...

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