Nicole Algan Explained

Birth Date:	13 June 1924^[1]
Birth Place:	Épinal
Death Place:	Romans-sur-Isère

Nicole Algan (June 13 1924 – May 29, 1986) was a French sculptor.

Biography

From 1942 to 1944 Algan studied the École des Beaux-arts de Paris, in the studio of Charles Despiau. She then worked with Derain from 1944 to 1954.^[2]

In 1957 Argan taught sculpture at the d'Hussein Dey youth school in Alger.

In 1968 she realized en a large monument to the dead of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, made of five blocks of cement three metres high by five metres wide, and a bust of Facteur Cheval at Hauterives.

Exhibitions

• 1971 : L'Œil écoute, Lyon
• 1976 : L'art marginal, Nice

Collections

• Musée de Grenoble^[3]
• Hauterives, bust at the Palais du Facteur Cheval^[4]
• Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon : Le petit dieu, sculpture, wood and steel, 137 x 70 x 30 cm^[5]
• Musée de Romans-sur-Isère, jardin : sculptures

Notes and References

1. Web site: Algan, Nicole . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011. en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00002854.
2. Michel Charzat, Le titan foudroyé, Paris, Hazan, 2015.
3. Web site: Tapisserie (Titre attribué) . www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
4. Web site: https://numelyo.bm-lyon.fr/BML:BML_01ICO001015cfd3bfe0a0b9?&query[0=isubjectgeographic:%22Hauterives%20(Dr%C3%B4me)%22&hitStart=5&hitPageSize=16&hitTotal=66 Photographes en Rhône-Alpes:Le facteur Ferdinand Cheval à Hauterives ]. numelyo.bm-lyon.fr.
5. Web site: Cnap . www.cnap.fr.