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Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) was a French sculptor and educator. == Life == As a student at the École des Beaux-Arts, Coutan was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group ''France Bearing the Torch of Civilization'' for the Exposition Universelle (1889), one of the two prominent sculptural commissions for the Exposition grounds.〔On the theme of a linear progress of humanity displayed at the Exposition, Pascal Ory remarks, "ce n'est évidemment pas un hasard si les deux principales commandes de l'Expo en matière de statuaire ont été consacrées respectivement à une ''Fontaine du progrès'' (Coutan) et à un groupe intitulé officiellement ''La Nuit essayant d'arrêter le génie de la Lumière qui s'efforce d'éclairer la Verité''" (P. Ory, ''L'Expo universelle, 1889'', 1989:20f).〕 Later he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900, where he expressed his disdain for the researches of Rodin— ''fumiste''—〔Claire Maingon, "Les effets de la Grande Guerre sur la carrière d'un jeune sculpteur", ''Emulations'', 2007; French ''fumiste'' signifies one who is not serious.〕 and the Impressionist sculptors who followed him. He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905.〔K. S.-D.: "Coutan, Jules Félix (Jules)", in: ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon'', vol 22, p. 21〕 Coutan is best known in the United States for the sculptural group above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For Grand Central Terminal, Coutan was contracted to provide a quarter-size scale plaster model of the three-figure allegorical ''Transportation'' group, which he developed from 1911 through 1914. (Coutan never visited the U.S.) The carving was performed by the William Bradley & Son of Long Island City. The small bronzes, some stamped by the founders Thiebaut Frères, that represented a constant source of income for Coutan and a genre typical of his output, appear with some frequency on the art market.〔Examples: (''Standing Cupid'', 1875 ); (''Union of Work and Peace'', 1893, presented to Louis Lemoine by his employees ); (further examples ).〕 Among Coutan's students were Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Raymond Delamarre, and the Argentine sculptor Rogelio Yrurtia. 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「Jules Coutan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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