Page loaded successfully. Showing biography for Victor Joseph Segoffin.
Victor Joseph Segoffin BIOGRAPHY
1867 - 1925. Known for: Sculpture.
The sculptor Victor Ségoffin trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, studying under the 19th century master Ernest Barrias. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1897 and the Légion... Read full biography
The sculptor Victor Ségoffin trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, studying under the 19th century master Ernest Barrias. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1897 and the Légion d'honneur in 1921, Ségoffin's work was exemplary of the freedom and movement of the applied arts in the... Read full biography
The sculptor Victor Ségoffin trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, studying under the 19th century master Ernest Barrias. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1897 and the Légion d'honneur in 1921, Ségoffin's work was exemplary of the freedom and movement of the applied arts in the early 20th century. With its flowing lines and vaguely mythological subject, Danse Sacrée, or Sacred Dance, is emblematic of both Segoffin's modern style as well as that of the Art Nouveau movement, with... Read full biography
The sculptor Victor Ségoffin trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, studying under the 19th century master Ernest Barrias. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1897 and the Légion d'honneur in 1921, Ségoffin's work was exemplary of the freedom and movement of the applied arts in the early 20th century. With its flowing lines and vaguely mythological subject, Danse Sacrée, or Sacred Dance, is emblematic of both Segoffin's modern style as well as that of the Art Nouveau movement, with which he is closely associated. A larger version of this important sculpture, in marble, can be found in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
The sculptor Victor Ségoffin trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, studying under the 19th century master Ernest Barrias. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1897 and the Légion d'honneur in 1921, Ségoffin's work was exemplary of the freedom and movement of the applied arts in the early 20th century. With its flowing lines and vaguely mythological subject, Danse Sacrée, or Sacred Dance, is emblematic of both Segoffin's modern style as well as that of the Art Nouveau movement, with which he is closely associated. A larger version of this important sculpture, in marble, can be found in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Artist Biography
Biography page for Victor Joseph Segoffin ((1867 - 1925)), known for Sculpture. Showing 1 biographical entries and 0 sample artworks.
Victor Joseph Segoffin - Artist Info
About Victor Joseph Segoffin
Biography
The sculptor Victor Ségoffin trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, studying under the 19th century master Ernest Barrias. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1897 and the Légion d'honneur in 1921, Ségoffin's work was exemplary of the freedom and movement of the applied arts in the early 20th century.
With its flowing lines and vaguely mythological subject, Danse Sacrée, or Sacred Dance, is emblematic of both Segoffin's modern style as well as that of the Art Nouveau movement, with which he is closely associated. A larger version of this important sculpture, in marble, can be found in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.