Young Woman - Louis-Jacques (1873 - 1943)

A beautiful sculpture of a young lady in "Bianco Statuario marble" by
Louis-Jacques (Bessègues, Gard 1873 - Montpellier 1943)
Signed L Guigues.

Louis-Jacques Guigues is a French sculptor , a student of Alfréd Boucher
and later of August Rodin. When Boucher won the Salon Award for La Piété
Filiale in 1881, he encouraged and inspired a new generation of sculptors,
including Guigues, Laure Coutan and Camille Claudel. In 1922–1925 Guigues
was appointed director of Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier.

Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole.

Dimensions:

H22.83 x W17.32 x D11.81 inch.