Georges Lacombe (painter)

Georges Lacombe
Lacombe in Versailles, 1893
Born(1868-06-18)18 June 1868
Died29 June 1916(1916-06-29) (aged 48)
Alençon, Orne, France
EducationAcadémie Julian
Occupations
  • Sculptor
  • painter
Marine bleue, Effet de vagues, 1893, tempera on toile, 49 x 65 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
Georges Lacombe, 1894, 1896, L'Existence, carved wood (Bas-relief en bois de noyer), 68.5 x 141.5 x 6 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Georges Lacombe (18 June 1868 – 29 June 1916) was a French sculptor and painter.

Early life

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Born to a distinguished family of Versailles, he received his artistic training at the Académie Julian from the impressionists Alfred Philippe Roll and Henri Gervex.

The Nabis

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At the Académie Julian he met Émile Bernard and Paul Sérusier in 1892, shortly afterwards becoming a member of their artist group, Les Nabis.

Like many other Nabi he spent the summers from 1888 to 1897 in Brittany, some sources[citation needed] record that he met Bernard and Sérusier there. He became Le Nabi sculpteur: the sculptor of the group. In fact many sources[citation needed] refer to him solely as sculptor.

Death

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Georges Lacombe died of tuberculosis in Alençon, Orne on 29 June 1916, eleven days after his 48th birthday.[1]

References and sources

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References

  1. ^ Galerie Ary Jan. "The Oak Tree, Forest of Écouves" Retrieved September 2, 2023.

Sources

  • Frèches-Thory, Claire, & Perucchi-Petry, Ursula, ed.: Die Nabis: Propheten der Moderne, Kunsthaus Zürich & Grand Palais, Paris & Prestel, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-7913-1969-8 (in German and French)
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  • Georges Lacombe in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website Edit this at Wikidata