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Marcel DAMBOISE (1903-1992) Head of Jacques Régnier, 1948-1953 Lacquered gum plaster Unsigned H. 42,5 ; W. 18 ; D. 24 cm Inv. S-131-00 Provenance: Artist's studio By descent Bibliography: - CAZENAVE, Elisabeth, The Villa Abd-el-Tif. Half a Century of Artistic Life in Algeria (1907-1962)Editions Abd-el-Tif, repr. p. 214. - CAZENAVE, Elisabeth, Albert Camus et le monde de l'artEditions Abd-el-Tif, repr. p. 41 (terracotta). He is the uncle of Hélène Portier, whose family is very close to Damboise. BIOGRAPHY : After a brief stint at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, Marcel Damboise apprenticed as a stonecutter and moved to Paris, to La Ruche, in 1926, with his friend the sculptor Louis Dideron. In 1928, he married Yvette Dorignac, daughter of the painter Georges Dorignac. He rubbed shoulders with the painter's entourage, exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and met Paul Cornet, Charles Despiau, Aristide Maillol and Charles Malfray, who became his spiritual teachers. During his stay at the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria, between 1932 and 1935, he executed numerous commissions, including the Fondouk Monument, which were noticed by Albert Camus, with whom he became friends. During the war, in France, he created a large female figure for the city of Bordeaux and a high relief of Saint Marcel for the church in Vitry-sur-Seine. He stayed again in Algeria from 1948 to 1954 and, on his return to Paris, was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts and became a founding member of the Groupe des Neuf.
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Marcel DAMBOISE (1903-1992) Head of Jacques Régnier, 1948-1953 Lacquered gum plaster Unsigned H. 42,5 ; W. 18 ; D. 24 cm Inv. S-131-00 Provenance: Artist's studio By descent Bibliography: - CAZENAVE, Elisabeth, The Villa Abd-el-Tif. Half a Century of Artistic Life in Algeria (1907-1962)Editions Abd-el-Tif, repr. p. 214. - CAZENAVE, Elisabeth, Albert Camus et le monde de l'artEditions Abd-el-Tif, repr. p. 41 (terracotta). He is the uncle of Hélène Portier, whose family is very close to Damboise. BIOGRAPHY : After a brief stint at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, Marcel Damboise apprenticed as a stonecutter and moved to Paris, to La Ruche, in 1926, with his friend the sculptor Louis Dideron. In 1928, he married Yvette Dorignac, daughter of the painter Georges Dorignac. He rubbed shoulders with the painter's entourage, exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and met Paul Cornet, Charles Despiau, Aristide Maillol and Charles Malfray, who became his spiritual teachers. During his stay at the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria, between 1932 and 1935, he executed numerous commissions, including the Fondouk Monument, which were noticed by Albert Camus, with whom he became friends. During the war, in France, he created a large female figure for the city of Bordeaux and a high relief of Saint Marcel for the church in Vitry-sur-Seine. He stayed again in Algeria from 1948 to 1954 and, on his return to Paris, was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts and became a founding member of the Groupe des Neuf.
