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1875 Paris, France - 1961 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Known for: Monument sculpture-religious figure and war memorial, teaching.
Paul Maximilien Landowski (4 June 1875 - 27 March 1961), was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. He was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising, and died in... Read full biography
Paul Maximilien Landowski (4 June 1875 - 27 March 1961), was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. He was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising, and died in Boulogne-Billancourt. A graduate of the French National Academy, Landowski won the Prix de Rome in 1900 with his... Read full biography
Paul Maximilien Landowski (4 June 1875 - 27 March 1961), was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. He was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising, and died in Boulogne-Billancourt. A graduate of the French National Academy, Landowski won the Prix de Rome in 1900 with his statue of David, and went on to a fifty-five year career that produced over thirty five monuments in the city of Paris and twelve more in the surrounding area. Among those is the Art Deco figure of St.... Read full biography
Paul Maximilien Landowski (4 June 1875 - 27 March 1961), was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. He was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising, and died in Boulogne-Billancourt. A graduate of the French National Academy, Landowski won the Prix de Rome in 1900 with his statue of David, and went on to a fifty-five year career that produced over thirty five monuments in the city of Paris and twelve more in the surrounding area. Among those is the Art Deco figure of St. Genevieve on the 1928 Pont de la Tournelle. He also created Les Fantomes, the French Memorial to the Second Battle of the Marne, which stands upon the Butte de Chalmont in Northern France. Landowski is widely known for the 1931 Christ the Redeemer... Read full biography
Paul Maximilien Landowski (4 June 1875 - 27 March 1961), was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. He was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising, and died in Boulogne-Billancourt. A graduate of the French National Academy, Landowski won the Prix de Rome in 1900 with his statue of David, and went on to a fifty-five year career that produced over thirty five monuments in the city of Paris and twelve more in the surrounding area. Among those is the Art Deco figure of St. Genevieve on the 1928 Pont de la Tournelle. He also created Les Fantomes, the French Memorial to the Second Battle of the Marne, which stands upon the Butte de Chalmont in Northern France. Landowski is widely known for the 1931 Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, a collaboration with civil engineer Heitor da Silva Costa; some sources indicat... Read full biography
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Paul Maximilien Landowski (4 June 1875 - 27 March 1961), was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. He was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising, and died in Boulogne-Billancourt.
A graduate of the French National Academy, Landowski won the Prix de Rome in 1900 with his statue of David, and went on to a fifty-five year career that produced over thirty five monuments in the city of Paris and twelve more in the surrounding area. Among those is the Art Deco figure of St. Genevieve on the 1928 Pont de la Tournelle. He also created Les Fantomes, the French Memorial to the Second Battle of the Marne, which stands upon the Butte de Chalmont in Northern France.
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