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Jean Carton

Jean Carton (1912 - 1988) was active/lived in France.  Jean Carton is known for Painting and sculpture.

A student of Charles Malfray and Robert Wlérick at the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris, Carton joined the studio of sculptor Marcel Gimond at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris on their advice. The end of the Second World War marked the beginning of Carton's intense production and recognition. He exhibited in France and abroad, in Lebanon, the United States and Japan. Jean Carton won several awards: in 1946, the Prix Blumenthal, awarded by Germaine Richier, Robert Couturier and Marcel Gimond; in 1949, the Prix-bourse de la villa Abd-el-Tif in Algiers; in 1958, the Silver Medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition. In 1964, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Jean Carton's greatest concern is to work from life. He trusts only his eye, because, he says, "working without a model inevitably leads you back to forms already made by others. From then on, he felt the impetuous need to "give life to forms" (Passeron, 1989) and centered his work around the human figure, m   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1771 characters.]  Artist bio

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