Francis Pellerin | |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1915 |
Birth Place: | Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
Death Place: | Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
Alma Mater: | École des Beaux-Arts |
Occupation: | Sculptor |
Francis Pellerin (2 April 1915 - 30 August 1998) was a French sculptor.
Francis Pellerin was born on 2 April 1915 in Cancale.[1] His father was a sailor.[2] He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[2]
Pellerin taught Sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes.[2] He won the Prix de Rome in 1944.[2] He designed a large sculpture in the Lycée Professionel Jean-Guéhenno in Vannes and another sculpture on the campus of the University of Western Brittany in Brest.[2] He also designed furniture inside churches designed by architect Yves Perrin, like the Saint-Yves Church and the Saint-Benoit Church in Rennes.[2]
Pellerin exhibited his work at the Galerie Hautefeuille and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris.[2]
Pellerin died on 30 August 1998 in Rennes.[1] His work was exhibited posthumously at the Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes in 2005.[2]