| Simone Boutarel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1892 Paris, France |
| Died | 21 August 1987(1987-08-21) (aged 95) Nyons, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Simone Marie Suzanne Boutarel (5 March 1892 – 21 August 1987) was a French sculptor and medallist. She was principally known for her small-scale works representing animals and birds.
Boutarel was a descendant of the Breton writer Émile Souvestre and his wife Nanine Papot, and the granddaughter of the writer Eugène Lesbazeilles. She was a pupil of Paul Landowski and Édouard Fraisse and a member of the Société des artistes français. In 1928 she exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants a bust and a display case of little sculptures She was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Salon in 1929, and silver medals at the Salons of 1931 and 1937, and continued to exhibit works until the end of the 1960s.
A rare public work on a larger scale was the bronze ornaments on the doors of the market hall of Falaise in Normandy, restored in 2022.
Although a sculptor and medallist, she submitted work for the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
References
- "BOUTAREL SIMONE MARIE SUZANNE". Politologue. Retrieved 14 January 2021. (in French)
- Mutualart.com - Simone Boutarel
- René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, p. 190
- Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, vol. 2, 1961, p. 39
- Dictionnaire Bénézit, 1999
- "Vieillissantes, les Halles du marché se refont une beauté à Falaise", Les Nouvelles de Falaise, 25 Feb 2022
- "Simone Boutarel". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
Further reading
- Dictionnaire biographique des sculpteurs des années 1920-1930, Thierry Roche
- The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze, James Alexander Mackay, 1977, p. 49