Jeanne Royannez

Jeanne Royannez, also known as Madame Clovis Hugues (1855-1932) was a French sculptor.[1]

Jeanne Hugues-Royannez
Mme Hugues (Clovis, née Jeanne Royannez)
Born
Jeanne Royannez

(1855-11-05)5 November 1855
Paris, France
Died6 May 1932(1932-05-06) (aged 76)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forSculpture
Spouse(s)
Clovis Hugues (m. 1877⁠–⁠1907)

Biography

Hugues-Royannez was born on 5 November 1855 in Paris.[2] She studied with Laure Coutan-Montorgueil. In 1877 she married the socialist journalist Clovis Hugues (1851-1907) with whom she had two daughters. She first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1886.[3] Hugues-Royannez exhibited her work in the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

She died on 6 May 1932 in Paris.[2]

  • Bust of Clovis Hugues

References
  1. "Jeanne Hugues-Royannez". ArtNet. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Royannez, Jeanne (1855-1932)". BnF Catalogue général (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. "Biographie Jeanne Hugues-Royannez". Nella Buscot. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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