Paul Cornet (18 March 1892 – 10 April 1977) was a French sculptor, painter, and teacher. He was known for his statues, nudes sculptures, busts, and monuments. He taught at the Académie Scandinave in Paris for many years.

Early life, and education

Paul Cornet was born on 18 March 1892, in Paris, France, the son of genre painter (1839–1898). He studied at the

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in Paris, as well as under sculptor Camille Debert. He married in November 1919, Elna Lübschitz, the daughter of the Danish painter (1858–1941).

Career

Cornet was a teacher at the Académie Scandinave ( English: ''Scandinavian Academy'') a private art school in Paris, from 1929 to 1935. He initially worked in a cubist style on his sculptures, and drew inspiration from Egyptian sculpture. Later he worked in a more realism style. From 1954 to 1955, Cornet worked on the ''Tulle Memorial'', a monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of

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, France. Starting in 1964, Cornet exhibited with the ''le Groupe des Neuf'' (the ''Group of Nine'') at the Galerie Vendôme in Paris, of which group he was one of the co-founders a year earlier. Cornet sculpted a large number of monumental portraits (''Campagne'') for the

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in Paris, as well as a sculpture (''La Vienne'') for the Champ de Juillet in

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, (''Hygieia'') for the Sèvres manufacture in

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, (''Venus and Cupid'') for the Orangerie in

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in Île-de-France, and a bronze (''Tour d'Auvergne'') for the

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in Paris. Cornet was recognized for his work and awarded the Wildenstein prize in 1967, and Paul-Louis Weiller prize in 1972.

Death and legacy

Cornet died on either the 10th or 15th of April 1977, in Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles in

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, France. His work can be found in museum collections, including

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, and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornet, Paul 1892 births 1977 deaths 20th-century French male artists 20th-century French sculptors Artists from Paris École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs alumni French cubist artists French art educators Sculptors from Paris