Marcel Bouraine (1886–1948) was a French sculptor. He is known for his work in the

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

-era, specifically small statuettes, lamps, bookends, and radiator figures.

Biography

Marcel Bouraine was born in 1886 in Pontoise,

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. He studied sculpture under the direction of Joseph-Alexandre Falguière. He exhibited at the

Salon des Artistes Français 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 ...

, the

Salon d'Automne The Salon d'Automne (; en, Autumn Salon), or Société du Salon d'automne, is an art exhibition held annually in Paris, France. Since 2011, it is held on the Champs-Élysées, between the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, in mid-October. The ...

, and the Salon des Tuileries (1922). During

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, Bouraine was a prisoner of war and was taken to Switzerland. He later studied at

École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève (English: ''School of Fine Arts, Geneva''), was an art school founded in 1748 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2006, the school was merged with the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). History The � ...

. Bouraine's work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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. In 1928, he designed statuettes in

pâte de verre Glass casting is the process in which glass objects are cast by directing molten glass into a mould where it solidifies. The technique has been used since the 15th century BCE in both Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Modern cast glass is formed by ...

for glass manufacturer Gabriel Argy-Rousseau. He exhibited two large sculptures at the

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne The ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'' (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the Mus ...

of 1937 in Paris. Bouraine's work can be found in museum collections, including at the

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, and the

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. William the Conqueror (1066–1087) ordered its construction in the aftermath of the Norman conquest of England. The castle was used as a ...

References

* "Bouraine, Marcel". In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Band 1: A–D''. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 284 * "Bouraine, Marcel – Sculptor, potter". In: ''Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. Band 2: Bedeschini–Bulow''. Gründ, Paris 2006, , p. 1014 ( oi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00024457 online version: access by subscription * Alberto Shayo: ''Statuettes art deco period''. Antique Collectors Club 2016, , p. 54 * Eric Knowles: ''Art Deco''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014, , p.167 * Victor Arwas: ''Glass. Art Nouveau to Art Deco''. H. N. Abrams, New York 1987, , p. 32 * Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: ''Goldscheider. Firmengeschichte und Werkverzeichnis''. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2007, . pp. 234 ff., 557 * Gerald Hunze: "Bouraine, Marcel". In: ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL). Band 13'', Saur, München u. a. 1996, , p. 353 1886 births 1948 deaths 20th-century French sculptors 20th-century French male artists French male sculptors Olympic competitors in art competitions People from Pontoise Alumni of the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève {{France-sculptor-stub

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