Jeanne Itasse-Broquet

Jeanne Itasse-Broquet
Itasse-Broquet, photograph by Nadar
Born
Jeanne Itasse

(1867-09-25)25 September 1867
Paris, France
Died12 January 1941(1941-01-12) (aged 73)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forSculpture
SpouseGaston Broquet

Jeanne Itasse-Broquet (1867–1941) was a French sculptor. She began her career at the age of fourteen, exhibiting at the Paris Salon.

Biography

Itasse was born on 25 September 1867 in Paris.[1][2] She received her training from her father, Adolphe Itasse [fr]. She married fellow sculptor Gaston Broquet [fr].[3]

Itasse-Broquet began exhibiting her work at the Paris Salon around 1881 and continued to do so until 1938.[3] She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] She also exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.[3] She received medals at both exhibitions.[4]

Itasse-Broquet died in 1941 in Paris.[1][2]

  • Egyptian Harpist by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet, 1891
    Egyptian Harpist by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet, 1891
  • Bacchante by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet, 1899
    Bacchante by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet, 1899
  • Bust of Adolphe Itasse at Père Lachaise Cemetery by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet
    Bust of Adolphe Itasse at Père Lachaise Cemetery by Jeanne Itasse-Broquet

References

  1. ^ a b "Jeanne Itasse-Broquet". RKD. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Jeanne Itasse". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Jeanne Itasse". Nella Buscot. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 10 August 2018.