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Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils was a French sculptor born in Rennes in 1882 and who died in Saint-Briac in 1952. ==Biography== Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils started his schooling in Fougères then at a lycée in Rennes. He studied law and then literature but attended evening classes at the Rennes Ếcole des Beaux-Arts. He then attended the Rennes Ếcole des Beaux-Arts on a full-time basis from 1902 to 1905 moving then to the Ếcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under Luc-Olivier Merson, Antonin Mercié and Jules Jacques Labatut. On leaving art school he began to exhibit his work at the Salon des artistes français and in 1914 won their bronze medal. He was to be awarded a silver medal in 1921 and continued to exhibit every year until 1951. He was served with mobilization papers when war broke out in 1914, but then released on health grounds. Between 1917 and 1920 he worked on several war memorials in the Brittany region and also worked on several commemorative memorials such as that to Anatole Le Braz in Perros-Guirec and to Aristide Briand in Saint-Briac. He also worked with the Henriot factory from 1929 onwards producing porcelain figures. With his wife and fellow sculptor Zannic Beaufils he spent much of his time in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Residence in Saint Brieuc sur Mer built in regional architectural style )〕 〔Zannic Beaufils was the name often used by Susanne Duvivier, Émile's partner and also an accomplished sculptress. Often they worked together on sculptures but she executed many without involving her husband. Many of these works are held in the Saint Briac-sur-Mer mairie including "Nativité", "Portrait de femme", "Sainte Barbe, "Vierge aux Roses", "Coiffe de Pont l'Abbé", "L'enfance de la Vierge", "Nicole", "Petite fille", "Sophinka", "Portrait de Jérôme Lallement" and "Tête de Bébé". She also worked on the tomb of the Dusuzeau family in Saint Briac-sur-Mer and a sculpture for her husband's grave. 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Works by Zannic Beaufils )〕 Her best known solo work is the granite monument in Saint-Brieuc entitled "Anatole Le Braz écoutant Marc'harit Fulup". Marc'harit Fulup was a Breton story teller.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zannic Beaufils monument )〕〔In the context of Armel-Beaufils we should mention the sculptor Eloi-Emile Robert, another distinguished Breton sculptor born in Guichon who attended both the École régionale des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and the Ecole Nationale et supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His son Michel became a sculptor. Eloi worked as a "praticien" for Armel-Beaufils for many years in many cases doing the lion's share of the work with Armel-Beaufils adding the finishing touches. Here we should include the "Filles de la Mer" composition. He liked to work in ebony and one composition "Armor-Ouessantine et son enfant" can be seen in Quimper's art gallery's collection of works by Breton artists. Another works of note were "Bigoudène assise", "Cobra" and "Islam"〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Notes on Eloi-Emile Robert )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armel Beaufils」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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