Evstafiev-Sculptor Jean Freour Batz 2005

Jean Fréour (8 August 1919 – 11 June 2010) was a prominent Breton

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Fréour was born in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

. He studied at the

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

School of the Fine Arts and attended the classes of Louis-Henry Bouchard in the national School of the Fine Arts in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. He is a member of the Breton artistic movement Seiz Breur. In the mid-1950s he settled in the Breton south coast town of

Batz-sur-Mer Batz-sur-Mer (, literally ''Batz on Sea''; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Borg-de-Baz'', ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France. The commune is situated on a former island, which ...

. For a period of a year, he was mayor of the town. In his work, Fréour uses different materials, including

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marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

, onyx, and

wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

. His sculptures often carry a stamp of Breton identity impregnated with

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. He is the makerr of the statue of

Anne of Brittany Anne of Brittany (; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She was the only woman to have been queen consort of Fran ...

(made of

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...

and erected in the city of Nantes in 2002). The works of Jean Fréour gives details of his work.

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Bronze statue Anne de Bretagne by Jean Fréour

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freour, Jean 1919 births 20th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 21st-century French sculptors 21st-century French male artists Artists from Nantes 2010 deaths