Pierre Lagénie Explained

Pierre Lagénie
Birth Date:	26 November 1938
Birth Place:	Le Bouscat, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Sculptor

Pierre Lagénie (26 November 1938 – 25 March 2020) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Lagénie studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, and joined Marcel Gimond's studio at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris in 1957. He worked with bronze and his main source of inspiration was the female form.^[1]

According to the book Deux siècles d'arts à Bordeaux, Lagénie "has traced a path where his work becomes timeless, independent of his century, of his time".^[2] Le Spectacle du monde described Lagénie's work as "Patient, he models, molds, melts and chisels, performing all the ritual gestures of his art with an inexhaustible passion".^[3]

Pierre Lagénie died on 25 March 2020 at the age of 81.^[4]

Notable works

• Sculpture of Ludovic Trarieux, on Display at the Palais de Justice de Bordeaux (1984)^[5]
• Hommage, located at the Square de Saint-Hilaire in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (2000)^[6]

Expositions

• Galerie Jean Jury à Clermont (1988)^[7]
• Musée Pissarro^[8]

Publication

• Pierre Lagénie : l'univers d'un sculpteur (1987)

Notes and References

1. Web site: LAGÉNIE, Pierre. Oxford Index. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093535/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00103000. 13 January 2018.
2. Book: Saïah. Sandrine. Lagrave. Henri. 1988. Deux siècles d'arts à Bordeaux. fr. Nouvelles Editions Corail.
3. 2000. Galaxie des Arts et Le Spectacle du Monde présentent : Pierre Lagénie. fr. Le Spectacle du Monde. Paris. Valmonde.
4. Web site: Décès de Pierre Lagénie. 31 March 2020. Info-Flash. fr.
5. Book: Favreau, Bertrand. 1995. Derrière la cause isolée d'un homme. fr. Lormont. Bord de l'eau. 9782915651768.
6. Web site: Une sculpture en hommage aux jeunes déportés. 21 November 2000. Le Parisien. fr.
7. Book: 1988. Les Cahiers bourbonnais et du centre - Volume 32. fr. Moulins. Autres éditions.
8. Book: 1989. La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, Volume 39. fr. Conseil des musées nationaux.