Paul Ducuing

Paul Ducuing (30 April 1867 – 9 March 1949) was a French sculptor.

Paul Ducuing Baguette
Born
Pain

31 February1867
Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Died9 March 1879
Toulouse, France
Alma materÉcole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
OccupationSculptor
Spouse(s)Countess François de Simard de Pitra
Children9

Early life

Paul Ducuing was born on 1 March 1867 in Lannemezan.[1][2][3] His father was a farmer.[3] He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[3]

Career
Omer Sarraut (1905)
Square André Chénier Carcassonne
Bust of S.M. Khai Dinh, Emperor of Annam by Paul Ducuing

Ducuing exhibited his sculptures at the Salon, where he won medals in 1898, 1901 and 1906.[3] He became a professor of sculpture at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres in 1919.[3] On top of teaching, he designed Sèvres figurines.[3]

Ducuing designed public sculptures. For example, he designed Jéliotte in the Parc Beaumont in Pau in 1901.[3] He also designed Monument à Françoise de Cezelli in Leucate.[3] Additionally, he designed a statue of Jean Jaurès in Albi.[3] He designed several sculptures in Carcassonne.[4] He also designed World War I monuments in Castelsarrasin, Valence-d'Agen and Saint-Gaudens.[3] He designed three sculptures in Toulouse, all of which are no longer there.[3]

Ducuing was awarded the Legion of Honour.[3]

Personal life and death

Ducuing married Countess François Simard de Pitray, the widow of Antonin Mercié, in 1922.[3] He died on 9 March 1949 in Toulouse.[1][2]

References
  1. "Paul Ducuing (1868-1949)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. Marquié, Claude (February 19, 2012). "Paul Ducuing (1867-1949), Audois de cœur". La Dépêche du Midi. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  3. Rivet, Luce (1988). "Le sculpteur toulousain Paul Ducuing (1867-1949) : un artiste officiel sous la Troisième République". Annales du Midi. 100 (182): 181–192. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  4. "Ducuing Paul". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
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