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Louis Castex | |
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| Born | December 2, 1868 Saumur, France |
| Died | July 13, 1954 15th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Paris) |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Louis Castex (December 2, 1868 - July 13, 1954) was a French sculptor.
Louis Castex was born on December 2, 1868, in Saumur. His parents were Dulcide Castex, a military intendant from Agen, and Hélène Gazanchon de Chavannes, from a land-owning family in the Monts du Lyonnais. In 1882, his elder brother died, and Louis Castex lost his left eye in an accident. He was introduced to wood sculpture and modeling by his mother.
In 1889, Louis Castex studied sculpture under Henri Maurette (1834-1898) at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. He won the second grand prize in the municipal competition with his high relief "Timoclée appearing before Alexander," which also earned him a scholarship to enter the École nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris the following year. He was a student of sculptors Jules Cavelier and Louis-Ernest Barrias and befriended Henri Bouchard and Paul Landowski.
In 1897, Louis Castex won first prize in the Chenavard competition at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with his high relief "The Vision of the Virgin." He also received a travel grant, allowing him to visit Italy and Spain. This work earned him a third-class medal at the 1898 Salon des Artistes Français and a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
Castex participated in 28 annual editions of the Salon des Artistes Français throughout his career. In 1910, he won the second prize with his high relief "The Singers" or "Religious Music," which can be found in the cathedral Notre-Dame du Liban in Paris. He dedicated sixteen years to this sculpture, considered his masterpiece.
Specializing in religious sculpture, Louis Castex was particularly active in the Lyon region, where he participated, like many of his colleagues, in the construction of the eight lateral chapels of the nave of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière between 1899 and 1943. He executed the altarpiece of "The Annunciation" in 1922, initially entrusted to Jean-Baptiste Larrivé.
In collaboration with goldsmith Amédée Cateland, he created several works dedicated to the Curé of Ars for the Basilica of Saint Philomena in Ars-sur-Formans, Ain.
Castex was also the author of numerous portraits and genre scenes, in relief or in the round. These depictions of characters reading or engaged in fieldwork are mainly distributed between the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and the Musée départemental de l'Oise in Beauvais.
The presence of Louis Castex's works in these two museums owes much to the active promotion of his work by his children Raoul, Marie-Hélène, and Jean-Marie, who made several donations: in 1990 and 2001 to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon (statuettes, preparatory studies, plaques, glass plates), and in 1997 to the Musée départemental de l'Oise - Beauvais, where the addition of around forty sculptures and drawings to the collections led to a temporary exhibition entirely dedicated to Louis Castex, between November 1997 and January 1998.
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