Jeanne Royannez Explained

Jeanne Hugues-Royannez
Birth Name:Jeanne Royannez
Birth Date:5 November 1855
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Field:Sculpture

Jeanne Royannez, also known as Madame Clovis Hugues (1855-1932) was a French sculptor.[1]

Biography

Hugues-Royannez was born on 5 November 1855 in Paris.[2] She studied with Laure Coutan-Montorgueil. In 1877 she married the socialist journalist Clovis Hugues (1851-1907) with whom she had two daughters. She first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1886.[3] Hugues-Royannez exhibited her work in the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

She died on 6 May 1932 in Paris.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeanne Hugues-Royannez . ArtNet . 10 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Royannez, Jeanne (1855-1932) . BnF Catalogue général . 10 November 2018 . fr.
  3. Web site: Biographie Jeanne Hugues-Royannez . Nella Buscot . 10 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 10 November 2018.