Paul Niclausse
French sculptor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Niclausse (1879–1958) was a French sculptor, most famous for his art deco medals cast in bronze.
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He was awarded the Legion of Honor. In Paris, he taught at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and was also a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Paul Niclausse was born in Metz during the occupation of the Alsace-Lorraine by the German Empire (1871-1918). He was a pupil of Hubert Ponscarme and Gabriel-Jules Thomas at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1]
He exhibited his work at the Société des Artistes Français where he obtained an honorable mention in 1898 and a bronze medal in 1900. He became a member in 1903. At the Paris Salon 1908 he exhibited nine portrait-plaquettes.[2]
Appointed a professor at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris in 1930, he was also elected as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1943 in the Institut de France. Later, he would be appointed knight of the Legion of Honour.
After settling in Faremoutiers (Seine-et-Marne), he died in his house in the 6th arrondissement of Paris in 1958.
- Paul Niclausse @ Fine Medals
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