Élisa Beetz-Charpentier Explained
| Élisa Beetz-Charpentie |
| Birth Name: | Jeanne Élisa Henriette Beetz[1] |
| Birth Place: | Schaerbeek, Belgium |
| Death Date: | [2] |
| Death Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Known For: | Sculpture |
Élisa Beetz-Charpentier (1859 – 1949) was a French sculptor, medallist and painter. She studied sculpture at the Brussels Academy.[3]
Work
Beetz-Charpentier was principally active as an artist from 1905 to 1924.[4] Between 1910 et 1924, she showed at the Paris salon as a member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, which she joined in 1905.[5]
In 1909 she won a First Prize for "a Plaquette commemorating the Centenary of the Paris Firm of Pleyel, in competition with several other medallists."[6]
In 1918, she created Claude Debussy's funeral mask, which is now held in the Cité de la Musique, Paris.[7] Seven of her medallion works are held in the Museé d'Orsay, Paris.[8]
According to the research of Polish heraldist Jerzy Michta published in 2017, the version of the coat of arms of Poland used since 1927, designed by artist Zygmunt Kamiński, was actually copied from a 1924 plaque by Elisa Beetz-Charpentier made in honor of Ignacy Paderewski.[9]
Personal life
Her second husband was Alexandre Charpentier and the witnesses at their wedding in 1908 were Claude Debussy and Auguste Rodin.[10] Charpentier died a year later, on 4 March 1909.[11]
Notes and References
- https://www.geni.com/people/Jeanne-%C3%89lisa-Beetz/6000000067809854856 Jeanne Élisa Henriette Beetz
- http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/espace-professionnelsorn /professionnels/chercheurs/rech-rec-art-home/notice-artiste.html?nnumid=2686 Elisa Beetz-Charpentier.
- Book: Wijnsouw, Jana. National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture. 2017-09-27. Routledge. 978-1-351-77814-5. en.
- Web site: Union List of Artist Names . www.getty.edu.
- Web site: Beetz-Charpentier, Élisa . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011. en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00015204. 978-0-19-977378-7 .
- Book: Forrer, Leonard. Biographical dictionary of medallists: coin-, gem-, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, &c., ancient and modern, with references to their works : B. C. 500-A. 1923. Baldwin. 978-0-906919-10-1. en.
- Web site: Masque mortuaire de Claude Debussy - Elisabeth Beets-Charpentier . Google Arts & Culture . en.
- Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Liste de résultats dans le catalogue des collections . www.musee-orsay.fr.
- Wiktor Ferfecki: Godło Polski jest plagiatem?. Rzeczpospolita, 29 October 2018.
- Jana Wijnsouw: National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture. Routledge, 2017,, S. 393.
- Book: Belgique . Musées royaux des beaux-arts de . Les plus beaux portraits de nos musées: exposition 22 janvier-19 fevrier 1961 . 1961 . fr.
