Fanny Rozet (1881–1958;

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Stéphanie Amélie Mismaque), was a French sculptor. She was known for her

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sculptures, decorative objects, and lamps. She was the first female student to attend L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (ENSBA).

Biography

She was born on 13 June 1881, in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Her father was the sculptor René Rozet, who married her mother in 1895, fourteen years after her birth. Rozet was a member of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors (UFPS; ). The UFPS demanded L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (ENSBA; also known simply as Beaux-Arts de Paris) to allow Rozet to attend, because during this time women were not allowed entrance to the school. Rozet was the first female student to attend ENSBA in 1896, and there she studied under Laurent Marqueste. Starting in 1904, she began exhibiting at Salon des Artistes Français. In 1905, she was accepted on a trial basis for the

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(an organization which also did not have many female participants), however she did not go beyond the "preparatory examination". Rozet created Art Deco statuettes, decorative objects, and lamps. Some of her artwork was manufactured by art publishers, including , Susse Frères, Eyffinger and Marquet, Edmond Etling, and . She died on 9 March 1958, in

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contained on display a Rozet silvered bronze lamp, ''Cupid Jailed'' (c. 1920).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rozet, Fanny 1881 births 1958 deaths Sculptors from Paris 20th-century French sculptors École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century French women sculptors