Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune

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Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune born Georgette Lejeune (1895-1969) was a French sculptor known for her portrait busts of notable individuals.

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Biography

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Bust of Rudyard Kipling, National Portrait Gallery, London

Bingguely-Lejeune was born and raised in Paris and studied under Jean-George Achard there before studying in London with Charles Doman. [2] In 1923 she married Henry Bingguely at Kensington in London. [2] The couple spent World War II in London. [2] She was a life-long number of the Societe des Artistes Francais and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon and at the Royal Academy in London. [2] [3] She also exhibited at the Fine Art Society, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and with the Royal Society of British Artists. [4] In 1948 Bingguely-Lejeune was awarded the Legion of Honour. [1]

Bingguely-Lejeune's portrait bust of Rudyard Kipling is in the National Portrait Gallery, London and Nuffield College in Oxford holds her 1937 bust of Lord Nuffield. [2] Other subjects included Haile Selassie and General de Gaulle. [1] Her portrait of General Henri Guisan is held by the Museum of Fine Art in Lausanne. [3]

She died at Corseaux in Switzerland. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reception and presentation to Madame G. Bingguely-Lejeune". The Swiss Observer. 16 April 1948. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Mrs Georgette Bingguely-Lejeune". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bingguely, Ginette". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00019913 . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN   0-953260-95-X.