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Pompon, François, 1855-1933

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Personal name headingPompon, François, 1855-1933
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Birth date1855-05-09
Death date1933-05-06
Place of birthSaulieu (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Profession or occupationSculptors Animal sculptors
Found inFrançois Pompon, 1926: p. 2 (François Pompon; b. Saulieu 1855, French sculptor)
Bénézit, 1953 (Pompon, François; sculptor, b. Saulieu 1855, d. Paris 1933)
Wikipedia, February 21, 2019 (François Pompon; François Pompon (9 May 1855--6 May 1933) was a French sculptor and animalier; Pompon made his Salon debut in 1879, exhibiting a statue of Victor Hugo's Cosette (from Les Misérables); he was a pioneer of modern stylized animalier sculpture; he was not fully recognized for his artistic accomplishments until the age of 67 at the Salon d'Automne of 1922 with the work "Ours blanc", also known as "the White Bear")