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Charles Auffret (1929-2001) Portrait of his brother, Françoi…
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Charles Auffret (1929-2001) Portrait of his brother, Françoi…
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Lot no. 243
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Charles Auffret (1929-2001)
Portrait of his brother, François Auffret
Circa 1980
Terra cotta with patina by the artist numbered "1/8
33 x 20 x 23 cm
Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) recommended to Germaine Richier (1902-1959) "Make busts, lots of busts...". It's a salutary exercise". Charles Auffret followed this advice, producing numerous portraits of members of his family throughout his career.
After immersing himself in Burgundian sculpture while studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, Charles Auffret joined the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1947. There he studied under Alfred Jeanniot and Marcel Gimond. He set up his studio in the Buttes-Chaumont district in 1958 and discovered the work of Charles Despiau, Robert Wlérick and Charles Malfray. In 1964, he was awarded the Prix du Groupe des Neuf.
Following in the footsteps of the Schnegg gang half a century earlier, the Groupe des Neuf was formed in 1963. Jean Carton, Raymond Martin, Marcel Damboise, Paul Cornet, Raymond Corbin, Léon Indenbaum, Léopold Kretz, Gunnar Nilsson and Jean Osouf, heirs to Wlérick, Despiau, Malfray and Gimond, came together around a common conception of sculpture, reaffirming their direct affiliation with so-called "independent" sculpture.
The following year, as winner of the Paul Ricard Foundation's International Sculpture Prize, Charles Auffret was invited to take up residence on the Ile de Bendor with his sculptor wife Arlette Ginioux. There he erected a monumental sculpture known as L'Éveil, a major work.
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