Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny (1912–2000) was a French sculptor. He graduated from the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
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He won the
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
in Sculpture for ''La jeune Eve apparaît à l'aurore première'' in 1942.
He also designed public sculptures, like the bust of
François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who had a notable influence on French literature of the nineteenth century. Descended from an old aristocrati ...
on the
Square des Missions-Étrangères in the
7th arrondissement of Paris
The 7th arrondissement of Paris (''VIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''le septième''.
The arrondissement, called Palais-Bourbon in a r ...
.
References
1912 births
2000 deaths
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
French male sculptors
20th-century French sculptors
Prix de Rome winners
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