Raymond Sudre (1870-1962) was a French sculptor.

Early life

Raymond Sudre was born on October 29, 1870, in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

, France. He was tutored by sculptors

Antonin Mercié Marius Jean Antonin Mercié (October 30, 1845 in Toulouse – December 12, 1916 in Paris), was a French Sculpture, sculptor, Medalist, medallist and Painting, painter. Biography Mercié entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, ...

and

Alexandre Falguière Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (; also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière, or in short Alexandre Falguière) (7 September 183120 April 1900) was a French sculptor and painter. Biography Falguière was born in Toulouse. A pupil of the ...

Career

Sudre was a sculptor. He designed a bust of the Count of Blossac in the

Blossac Park The Blossac Park (French: Parc de Blossac) is a historic private garden, now a public park, in Poitiers Poitiers is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune in France, commune, the capital of the Vienne (department), ...

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. He also designed the World War I memorial in

Ille-sur-Têt Ille-sur-Têt (; ; Catalan language, Catalan: ''Illa'' or ''Illa de Tet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, département in southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Illois''. Geography Th ...

. Additionally, he designed the Fontaine des Amours de Bagatelle on the grounds of the

Château de Bagatelle The Château de Bagatelle () in Paris is a small Neoclassical-style château with several French formal gardens, a rose garden and an ''orangerie''. It is set on of grounds in French landscape style within the Bois de Boulogne, which is loca ...

in the

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. SudreHe 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 1900. He visited

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in 1929. Sudre became a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

in 1914, and he was promoted to Officer in 1938.

Death

Sudre died in 1962.

References

1870 births 1962 deaths People from Perpignan 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 20th-century French sculptors Officers of the Legion of Honour 19th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub