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'''Charles-Henri Pourquet''', born '''Henri Charles Justin Pourquet''' (14 August 1877 – 1943) was a French sculptor.
== Life ==
Born in [[Colombes]], the son of a baker, Pourquet had [[Nivernais]] origins and was a student of [[Louis-Ernest Barrias]] and [[Jules Coutan]] at the [[École des beaux-arts de Paris]].<ref></ref> In 1907, he became a member of the [[Société des artistes français]]
He was successful after the First World War, with sculptures of [[Poilu]]s that served as models for many [[war memorial]]s in France<ref></ref> under three different models: ''Bust'',''Poilu'', and more particularly the one entitled ''Resistance'', of which several hundred copies will be cast by the .<ref></ref>
Among other works, is "Orpheus at the tomb of Eurydice", a [[bas-relief]] which will then be acquired by the State for the new National Conservatory of Music,<ref name ="Le Blond">.</ref> a monument dedicated to [[Jules Renard]] in [[Chitry-les-Mines]] (Nièvre)<ref name ="Le Blond"/> where the writer lived as a child, and the ''Tombeau de la famille Sabaterie'', in the [[Arlanc]] (Puy-de-Dôme) cemetery.<ref name ="Le Blond"/> He remarried at the town hall of the [[18th arrondissement of Paris|18th arrondissement]] on 5 November 1921, with Valentine Saint-Selve.
For a long time, Pourquet had his workshop at , an artists community located at 22 <ref>[http://bit.ly/2Twr3DE ''L'Art funéraire et commémoratif'', June 1922]</ref> in [[Montmartre]], in the 18th arrondissement.
== Awards ==
* Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]] in 1931.
* Gold medal at the 1929 Salon.
== Salons ==
* [[Salon des artistes français]]:
* 1925: ''Maréchal Sérurier'', stone statue, commissioned by the State.
* 1928: ''Statue de mon jeune ami Jean Le Blond'', plaster; ''Tristesse'', terracotta statuette.
* 1935: ''M. Renaitour, député-maire d'Auxerre'', plaster, ''M. Ortiz'', président des Amis de la Légion.
== Works ==
* [[Chitry]]: ''Monument to [[Jules Renard]] '', destroyed in 1942.
* [[Lormes]]: ''Résistance'', poilu blocking the enemy's way, at the top of the War Memorial.
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
Jou-sous-Monjou monument aux morts.jpg|''Monument aux morts'',<br> [[Jou-sous-Monjou]].
Savignac-les-Églises monument aux morts (2).JPG|''Monument aux morts'',<br> [[Savignac-les-Églises]].
</gallery>
== Critical reception ==
* In May 1919, the magazine ''L'Art funéraire'' devoted a complimentary article to him with a photograph on the front page. Each issue, since its publication, has been used to advertise him and describes him as a "statuary of pain".
== References ==
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]]''
* André Roussard, '' Dictionnaire des peintres à Montmartre'', Paris, éditions Roussard, 1999, .
* Bernard Morot-Gaudry, ''La sculpture en Morvan au XXe siècle et début du XXIe'', 2017, Éditions , bulletin , .
* Maurice Le Blond, ''L'Œuvre de Charles-Henri Pourquet, statuaire'', 1921.
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/2Bs58GJ POURQUET Charles-Henri]
* [http://bit.ly/2TB4NbZ ''Les œuvres commémoratives du sculpteur Pourquet'']
* [http://bit.ly/2BoLWtw ''Monuments aux morts de Normandie et d'ailleurs'']
[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:People from Colombes]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century French sculptors]]
[[Category:Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts]]
[[Category:Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur]]
[[Category:World War I memorials in France]]
== Life ==
Born in [[Colombes]], the son of a baker, Pourquet had [[Nivernais]] origins and was a student of [[Louis-Ernest Barrias]] and [[Jules Coutan]] at the [[École des beaux-arts de Paris]].<ref></ref> In 1907, he became a member of the [[Société des artistes français]]
He was successful after the First World War, with sculptures of [[Poilu]]s that served as models for many [[war memorial]]s in France<ref></ref> under three different models: ''Bust'',''Poilu'', and more particularly the one entitled ''Resistance'', of which several hundred copies will be cast by the .<ref></ref>
Among other works, is "Orpheus at the tomb of Eurydice", a [[bas-relief]] which will then be acquired by the State for the new National Conservatory of Music,<ref name ="Le Blond">.</ref> a monument dedicated to [[Jules Renard]] in [[Chitry-les-Mines]] (Nièvre)<ref name ="Le Blond"/> where the writer lived as a child, and the ''Tombeau de la famille Sabaterie'', in the [[Arlanc]] (Puy-de-Dôme) cemetery.<ref name ="Le Blond"/> He remarried at the town hall of the [[18th arrondissement of Paris|18th arrondissement]] on 5 November 1921, with Valentine Saint-Selve.
For a long time, Pourquet had his workshop at , an artists community located at 22 <ref>[http://bit.ly/2Twr3DE ''L'Art funéraire et commémoratif'', June 1922]</ref> in [[Montmartre]], in the 18th arrondissement.
== Awards ==
* Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]] in 1931.
* Gold medal at the 1929 Salon.
== Salons ==
* [[Salon des artistes français]]:
* 1925: ''Maréchal Sérurier'', stone statue, commissioned by the State.
* 1928: ''Statue de mon jeune ami Jean Le Blond'', plaster; ''Tristesse'', terracotta statuette.
* 1935: ''M. Renaitour, député-maire d'Auxerre'', plaster, ''M. Ortiz'', président des Amis de la Légion.
== Works ==
* [[Chitry]]: ''Monument to [[Jules Renard]] '', destroyed in 1942.
* [[Lormes]]: ''Résistance'', poilu blocking the enemy's way, at the top of the War Memorial.
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
Jou-sous-Monjou monument aux morts.jpg|''Monument aux morts'',<br> [[Jou-sous-Monjou]].
Savignac-les-Églises monument aux morts (2).JPG|''Monument aux morts'',<br> [[Savignac-les-Églises]].
</gallery>
== Critical reception ==
* In May 1919, the magazine ''L'Art funéraire'' devoted a complimentary article to him with a photograph on the front page. Each issue, since its publication, has been used to advertise him and describes him as a "statuary of pain".
== References ==
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]]''
* André Roussard, '' Dictionnaire des peintres à Montmartre'', Paris, éditions Roussard, 1999, .
* Bernard Morot-Gaudry, ''La sculpture en Morvan au XXe siècle et début du XXIe'', 2017, Éditions , bulletin , .
* Maurice Le Blond, ''L'Œuvre de Charles-Henri Pourquet, statuaire'', 1921.
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/2Bs58GJ POURQUET Charles-Henri]
* [http://bit.ly/2TB4NbZ ''Les œuvres commémoratives du sculpteur Pourquet'']
* [http://bit.ly/2BoLWtw ''Monuments aux morts de Normandie et d'ailleurs'']
[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:People from Colombes]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century French sculptors]]
[[Category:Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts]]
[[Category:Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur]]
[[Category:World War I memorials in France]]
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