Bernadette Kanter is a French sculptor born in
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
History
Evidence of ancient habitation has been found on and around the site of modern-day Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray including ...
(
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
) in 1950, her preferred material is bronze.
Biography
In 1974, after studying at the College of artistic careers of Paris (ICART), at the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...
in Paris, and the
Académie de la Grande Chaumière in
Montparnasse in Paris, Kanter established her studio in
Buchelay, near Paris.
In addition she continued to study
gemology
Gemology or gemmology is the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstone materials. It is a geoscience and a branch of mineralogy. Some jewelers (and many non-jewelers) are academically trained gemologists and are qualified to identify a ...
and gained work experience in workshops of sculpture, sculpting, molding, casting and direct carving.
In 2002 Kanter created ''Dogs of the bridge guard'' at
Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Jolie (, often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region of north-central France. It is located to the west of Paris, from the centre of the capital. Mantes-la-Jolie is a subprefe ...
, near Paris,
which consists of two bronze sculptures guarding the entrance to the city after the bridge Peronnet. In 2004 she created an aircraft-bird figure for
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale (), sometimes styled Aerospatiale, was a French state-owned aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale ( ...
, ''Nungesser and Colis''.
Works
* 1990 ''The music'' museum Neunkirchen, (Germany)
* 1991 ''Order and force'' Ministry of Interior, mural for the hall of the police station at Nogent-sur-Marne
* 1993 ''The Rooster'' Urban District of Mantes-la-Jolie
* 1994 ''Cockfight'' Buchelay
* 1998 ''The large eagle'' Buchelay
* 1998 ''City Council signalitiques'' Buchelay, seven terracotta panels for la Maison pour tous
* 1998 ''Fontaine fishermen'' Belgium
* 2000 ''Big horse'' Vésinet
* 2002 ''The Bridge guard dogs'' Mantes-la-Jolie
* 2004 ''Nungesser and Colis'' Aérospatiale
* 2007 ''Fresco Shut' Fat'' (North-East of Jerusalem) Limay Town Hall
Awards
* 1988 Second Grand-Prix at the International Biennial of Quebec (Canada)
* 1995 Gold Medal at the National exhibition of wildlife artists
* 1999 Silver Medal of the Academy of Arts Sciences and Letters in Paris
* 2001 Gold Medal for Sculpture French artists Sociétaires Taylor Foundation
References
External links
# https://web.archive.org/web/20110720222450/http://mantes.histoire.free.fr/item.php?id=955
# http://www.fondationtaylor.com/
# http://www.grande-chaumiere.fr/
# https://web.archive.org/web/20101203111414/http://www.icartparis.com/
# https://web.archive.org/web/20110409124245/http://www.ensba.fr/
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1950 births
Living people
Sculptors from Paris
20th-century French sculptors
20th-century French women artists
21st-century French sculptors
21st-century French women artists
Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière