Bronze sculpture of a naked woman with a bow, Archer Paul Guiramand, Paris School, 20th century
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Bronze sculpture by Paul Guiramand* representing a naked woman, hands behind her back, a bow at her feet, from the 20th century.
This sculpture is in good condition. Not signed, but model of Guiramand's Archer.
Please note: slight wear and tear, see photos.
is a French painter and engraver. A figurative painter, sometimes close to abstraction, Paul Guiramand is one of the young painters of the New School of Paris. He is enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris in the studio of Jean Dupas. There he will meet his future classmates, among whom are Jean-Pierre Alaux, Joseph Archepel, Roland Guillaumel, Louis Vuillermoz, Geoffroy Dauvergne, Jacques Berland, Émile Courtin, Mickaël Compagnion, Paul Ambille, Jean Joyet and his wife Marcelle Deloron. In 1952, he won the first prize of Rome, and resided in Rome at the Villa Medici from 1953 to 1956. On his return from Rome, he exhibited all over the world. Interested in all techniques, he will, in 1953, learn engraving and lithography in the studio of Maurice Mourlot. In 1960, he illustrated the works of Guillaume Apollinaire and Ernest Hemingway, then moved towards mosaics. He was a member of the Society of French Painters-Engravers.
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