Jean Osouf (1898-1996) - Lot 196

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Jean Osouf (1898-1996) - Lot 196
Jean Osouf (1898-1996) Presumed portrait of Nicole Circa 1940 Bronze with shaded brown patina Signed "J Osouf" and numbered "1/6 27.3 x 20 x 21.5 cm, on a wooden base H. 5.5 cm A member of the Groupe des Neuf with Paul Cornet, Raymond Corbin and Marcel Damboise, among others, Jean Osouf was a self-taught artist. A bookseller and First World War hero, it was Aristide Maillol who convinced him of his talent for sculpture. Osouf attended the Scandinavian Academy, where he studied under Charles Despiau. After the Exposition Universelle of 1937, where his statue L'Éveil (The Awakening) was well received by the critics, he embarked on a career as a sculptor influenced by medieval art. From 1935 to 1945, Jean Osouf created numerous works of his model Coralie. These busts and heads are an opportunity for the sculptor to study the girl's behavior and character with delicate veracity. Commenting on these female busts, art critic Waldemar George remarked, "Osouf rediscovers in his busts of young girls the sinuous smile of the Angel of Rheims, that 'Vincian' smile avant la lettre that is one of the emblems of French culture".
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