Joe Descomps - Artist Info

About Joe Descomps

Name variants

Joseph Jules Emmanuel Cormier, Joseph Emmanuel Descomps, Joseph Emmanuel Descomps-Cormier
  • Biography from Oise Encheres, Chantilly

    Emmanuel-Jules-Joseph Descomps, known as Joé Descomps or Descomps-Cormier, was a French sculptor and goldsmith, born on January 18, 1869 in Clermont-Ferrand. He was a sculptor, chiseler, and master goldsmith. Joé Descomps was a pupil of Louis-Auguste Hiolin and Alexandre Falguière. He was present at the Chicago exhibition in 1893. He worked with Frédéric Boucheron. Descomps was a member of the French Artists' Society since 1883 and exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1891 to 1937. He received third medal in 1921, second in 1925, and first in 1928.
  • Biography from Auctionata

    Joé Descomps was a French sculptor who became known in the 1920s in Paris, specializing in bronze and ivory statuettes. He studied at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. His figurines reflect the beauty ideal of his time in an impressive way.
  • Biography from Carlo Bonte Auctions

    Total heights: 16 cm and 9.5 cm; ivory heights: 11 cm (161 g) and 8.5 cm (83 g).

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