Évariste Jonchère (8 July 1892, in Coulonges-les-Hérolles, Vienne – 1956, in Paris) was a French sculptor. He studied with

Antonin Mercié Marius Jean Antonin Mercié (October 30, 1845 in Toulouse – December 12, 1916 in Paris), was a French sculptor, medallist and painter. Biography Mercié entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and ...

and Jean Boucher at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, then received the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1925. Winning the Prix de l'Indochine in 1932 took him for two years to Vietnam, then Manchuria, Japan, San Francisco and Newfoundland. Back in Paris he exhibited at the Exposition universelle of 1937. From 1938 to 1944, he was director of the

École des Beaux Arts de l'Indochine The Vietnam University of Fine Arts (formerly ''Hanoi College of Fine Arts'') is an art school in Hanoi, Vietnam originally established under French colonial rule in 1925. The university has trained many of Vietnam’s leading artists and each year ...

in Hanoi.Lindy Joubert ''Educating in the Arts: The Asian Experience: Twenty-Four Essays'' 2008 Page 43 - "A rare example was in Vietnam in 1937, when sculptor Evariste Jonchère (1892–1956) came from France and took over the Directorship of the École until 1945. While his own work was more modernist than that of Tardieu, the previous .."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonchere, Evariste People from Vienne 1892 births 1956 deaths 20th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture Burials at Passy Cemetery