LC control no. | nr 93045790 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Pompon, François, 1855-1933 |
Birth date | 1855-05-09 |
Death date | 1933-05-06 |
Place of birth | Saulieu (France) |
Place of death | Paris (France) |
Profession or occupation | Sculptors Animal sculptors |
Found in | François 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") |