Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune Explained

Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune born Georgette Lejeune (1895-1969) was a French sculptor known for her portrait busts of notable individuals.

Biography

Bingguely-Lejeune was born and raised in Paris and studied under Jean-George Achard there before studying in London with Charles Doman.[1] In 1923 she married Henry Bingguely at Kensington in London.[1] The couple spent World War II in London.[1] She was a life-long number of the Societe des Artistes Francais and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon and at the Royal Academy in London.[1] [2] She also exhibited at the Fine Art Society, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and with the Royal Society of British Artists.[3] In 1948 Bingguely-Lejeune was awarded the Legion of Honour.[4]

Bingguely-Lejeune's portrait bust of Rudyard Kipling is in the National Portrait Gallery, London and Nuffield College in Oxford holds her 1937 bust of Lord Nuffield.[1] Other subjects included Haile Selassie and General de Gaulle.[4] Her portrait of General Henri Guisan is held by the Museum of Fine Art in Lausanne.[2]

She died at Corseaux in Switzerland.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII. Mrs Georgette Bingguely-Lejeune . 2011. 30 September 2023. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951.
  2. Web site: Bingguely, Ginette . Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00019913 . 1 October 2023.
  3. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L . 0-953260-95-X.
  4. Web site: Reception and presentation to Madame G. Bingguely-Lejeune. The Swiss Observer. 16 April 1948. 1 October 2023.