Paul LANDOWSKI
1875 - 1961
Paul Landowski, a very young orphan, was brought up by his uncle in Paris. After his secondary studies he returned to hypokhâgne and discovered humanist philosophy with Henri Barbusse.
He also took courses in portrait painting with Jules Lefebvre and specialized in anatomy, helped in this by the production of educational boards on behalf of a professor from the School of Medicine.
He joined the Beaux-Arts and five years later won the Grand Prix de Rome (1900). He then participated in his first Salon of French Artists in 1913.
Building on these successes, Paul Landowski became one of the most sought-after artists for public commissions.
At the end of the Great War, he executed more than twenty commemorative monuments and created monuments to the glory of aviation.
In the 1930s, the period was conducive to monumental sculpture with numerous international exhibitions. She assures him work and financial security to allow him to work on his great project: "The Temple of Man". This project will be definitively abandoned, only the works produced will remain in the places that then hosted them temporarily.
He will also produce small statuary on themes far removed from his monumental production.
Paul Landowski left his mark on the world of sculpture. His many achievements are visible all over the world: Paris, Washington, Geneva, Rio, Nanjing, all imbued with humanism.
