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