Bust of Man In Carrara Marble Signed By Anna Quinquaud

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Indeed, this sculptor was mainly making bronze, plaster and terracotta, but rarely marble.

Who is Anna Quinquaud?
The traveling sculptor
Anna Quinquaud is a French sculptor born on March 5, 1890 in Paris. Her birth was auspicious for an artist, as she was the daughter of Charles-Eugène Quinquaud and Thérèse Caillaux. Her father was a doctor, but above all an academician, and her mother was a sculptor, a former student of Auguste Rodin. Her family remained strongly attached to her native village of Lafat in the Creuse after her father's death and it was there that her mother introduced her to sculpture.
In 1918 she entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She was first a student of Laurent Marqueste and then of Victor Ségoffin. In 1919 the artist realized her first commission with the bust of Armand Fourot for the church of Évaux-les-Bains. Between 1912 and 1914, she was a student of Blanche Laurent. She obtained the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1925.
The sculptor then creates the surprise, because instead of accepting the Roman residence at the Villa Medici she leaves for French East Africa for a trip that will last the rest of his life, although interrupted by returns to the metropolis. The artist will continue her travels until 1977, when she goes to the Sinai desert and Petra. Her talent for painting landscapes and drawing was only discovered later, shortly before her death on December 25, 1984.
A white woman in the heart of black Africa
Her travels in Africa were undoubtedly of major importance to Anna Quinquaud. She brought back the works of local artists, but also drew inspiration and models from them. She visited Niger, Guinea, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan and Mali. She also lived for a time with the sedentary Fulani of the Fouta Djallon mountains. She expresses her fascination for local traditions and seeks to transcribe her experiences in her sculptures. To do this she uses wood and clay as well as bronze and plastic.
During her travels, she also met important figures such as the Negus Haile Selassie in Ethiopia, whose bust she created. For the art historian Pierre Kjellberg, Anna Quinquaud is a complex artist whose work as a sculptor is at the meeting of the currents of cubism, archaism and orientalism. It should be noted that although her approach remains marked by the colonial attitudes of her time, she seems to seek to faithfully transmit what she experiences and understands of the cultures she crosses. She wrote, "Is it not the role of the artist to show the layman what he cannot see?
An important French sculptor
Among his most famous works, we find the woman of Foutah Djallon. This terracotta sculpture will be seen for the first time at the International Colonial Exhibition of 1931. It is worth noting the care that the artist took with the hairstyle and traditional jewelry of his model. The jewels enhanced with gold and silver contrast superbly with the matte terracotta skin. We see here the particular taste of the sculptor for the faithful representation of the local habits and customs which contrast with the imaginary and fantastic orientalism. We find this concern in another major work which is La femme Foulah (The Foulah woman). It should be noted that a brother of the artist, a colonial administrator, had delivered a study on the jewelry of women in Africa.
Quote, price and estimation of the artist Anna Quinquaud
Anna Quinquaud is a French sculptor and painter. She is mainly involved in the movements of Africanism and Cubism, which are strongly inspired by African art. Her inspiration comes from her numerous trips to Africa and the Orient, which also allowed her to touch on other styles such as orientalism and archaism. Despite his work being very faithful to his discoveries and his great technical precision, Quinquaud's works are still not widely traded on the art market. Nevertheless, the sale record was set at €190,000.

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