Jeanne Royannez, also known as Madame Clovis Hugues (1855-1932) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Hugues-Royannez was born on 5 November 1855 in Paris. She studied with Laure Coutan-Montorgueil. In 1877 she married the socialist journalist

Clovis Hugues Clovis Hugues (November 3, 1851 – June 11, 1907) was a French poet, journalist, dramatist, novelist, and socialist activist. He wrote some of his works in Provençal and un 1898 was elected a of the Félibrige, a society for the promotion of ...

(1851-1907) with whom she had two daughters. She first exhibited at the

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

in 1886. Hugues-Royannez exhibited her work in the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She died on 6 May 1932 in Paris.

Gallery

File:Sceaux Félibres Clovis Hugues 1.jpg, Bust of Clovis Hugues

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Royannez, Jeanne 1855 births 1932 deaths 19th-century French women artists 20th-century French women artists 19th-century French sculptors 20th-century French sculptors