Victor Joseph Jean Ambroise Ségoffin (5 March 1867 – 17 October 1925) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Born in Toulouse, Ségoffin's early education was at the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat. After school he was admitted to the Toulouse School of Fine Arts in the studio of Charles Ponsin-Andarahy. In 1887, having become an orphan, he joined the army. He took further education at the

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in Paris under

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and

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. Ségoffin won the

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for sculpture in 1897. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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. In 1920 he was appointed head of the women's studio at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1906 he was made a ''chevalier'' of the

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, and an ''officier'' in 1911.Base Léonore: Légion d'Honneur dossier
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Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

is named after him.

Works

His most notable works include: * ''The war dance'', marble,

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, 1903–1905 * ''Sacred Mask Dance'', bronze, Musée d'Orsay, 1905 * marble monument of

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, meant for the Pantheon, now in the courtyard of the Lycée Voltaire, 1907–1921 * bronze ''Le Génie et le Temps'', in the Cour Napoleon at the

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, 1908, melted down during the German occupation * bust of the Cuban-French poet

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, bronze,

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* ''Therese Combarieu'', marble, Toulouse,

Musée des Augustins The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse () is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The paintings are from throughout France, the sculptures rep ...

* ''Denise Combarieu'', bronze, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins * '' Emile Cartailhac'', bronze, Museum of Toulouse, 1914

Gallery

File:Augustins - David vainqueur de Goliath par Victor Ségoffin 1895 Inv.2004 1 175.jpg, ''David victorious over Goliath'' (1895), Toulouse, Musée des Augustins File:Augustins - Judith et la tête d'Holopherne 1896 - Victor Ségoffin - Inv. 48 4 1.jpg, ''Judith with the head of Holofernes'', Toulouse, Musée des Augustins File:Victor Segoffin - La Danse Sacrée.jpg, ''Danse Sacrée'' (1905), Paris, Musée d'Orsay. File:Victoir Ségoffin 1907 Lycée Voltaire Paris.jpg, ''Monument à Voltaire'' (1907), Paris, Lycée Voltaire. File:Cartailhac - Ségoffin.jpg, ''Bust of Emile Cartailhac'' (1914), Musée de Toulouse. File:José-Maria de Heredia Luxembourg.jpg, ''Bust of the Cuban-French poet

'', bronze,

References

Bibliography

*Luce Rivet, "Victor Ségoffin (1867-1923)", ''Revue du Comminges'', 2e trimestre 1988 *Guillaume Peigné, ''Dictionnaire des sculpteurs néo-baroques français (1870-1914)'', Paris, CTHS, Coll. Format no 71, 2012, 559 p. (), p. 445-454

External links

RKDBenezit Dictionary of Artists online
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Base Joconde: Portail des collections des musées de France - SégoffinOnline biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Segoffin, Victor 1867 births 1925 deaths Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat alumni Prix de Rome for sculpture Officers of the Legion of Honour 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Art competitors at the 1912 Summer Olympics 19th-century French male artists