Grave of André Del Debbio

André Del Debbio

André-Del Almo Debbio is a French sculptor. Born in Carrara in Italy on 5 April 1908 and died on 2 April 2010 at the dawn of its 102 birthday in the retirement home for artists in Nogent-sur-Marne.

Biography

His father, also a sculptor (1886-1937), and his uncle came from Carrara to Paris in January 1909. His uncle worked as director for Auguste Rodin. He began exhibiting in 1931 at the Salon d'Automne, the Salon of French Artists and the Salon des Tuileries. Married to the artist and professor of drawing and painting Sézannaise Anael Topenot with whom he had a son, Christopher Emmanuel Del Debbio Director. His workshop was Impasse Ronsin in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, behind the workshop Brancusi. He was Associate of the Society of Independent Artists, exhibited there for the first time in 1942 and was vice-president from 1976 to 2002. He was massier (foreman) of the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere in 1939-1943, with teachers Despiau (1874-1946) and Robert Wlérick (1882 - 1944). From 1946 to 1973 he ensures the joint management of the Académie Julian at 5 rue de Berri and Saint-Jacques Boulevard until 2008. In September 1954, he created a course in stone carving Impasse Ronsin. In August 1971, he was the last artist to leave the Impasse Ronsin, expropriated by the work of expansion of the Necker Hospital. In 1981, he created a bust of Pope John Paul II, and in 1982 a bust of François Mitterrand. Many of his sculptures were acquired by the city of Paris and the State, including the young Mongolian girl, acquired by André Malraux in 1964 when he was Minister of Culture. André Del Debbio created with sculptor Mircea Bassarab gallery The Chair Rail Paris in 1950, at 72 Boulevard Raspail. In 1999, he made his film debut playing in the short film 's Eric Rohmer The arch, which is the name of one of his sculptures. He is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. The monument on his grave is a bust of the Mona Lisa bronze which he carved between 1987 and 1989.

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Montparnasse Cemetery

Cimetière du Montparnasse is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, part of the city's 14th arrondissement.

History

Created from three farms in 1824, the cemetery at Montparnasse was originally known as Le Cimetière du Sud (Southern Cemetery). Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the closure, owing to health concerns, of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786. Several new cemeteries outside the precincts of the capital replaced all the internal Parisian ones in the early 19th century: Montmartre Cemetery in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. At the heart of the city, and today sitting in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, is Passy Cemetery.

Notes

Montparnasse Cemetery is the eternal home of many of France's intellectual and artistic elite as well as publishers and others who promoted the works of authors and artists. There are also monuments to police and firefighters killed in the line of duty in the city of Paris. There are also many graves of foreigners who have made France their home.

The cemetery is divided by Rue Émile Richard. The small section is usually referred to as the small cemetery (petit cimetière) and the large section as the big cemetery (grand cimetière).

Because of the many notable people buried there, it is a highly popular tourist attraction.

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