Armel Beaufils
| Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1882 Rennes |
| Died | 1952 |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École régionale des beaux-arts de Rennes and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris |
| Occupation | Sculptor and maker of ceramic figures |
Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils was a French sculptor born in Rennes in 1882 and who died in Saint-Briac in 1952.
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 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.
Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils' main works are listed below.
This art gallery holds the following Armel-Beaufils works:-
"La Fée des grèves". This bronze dates to around 1942.
"Buste de jeune fille-Mademoiselle Lecourbe". A marble bust dating to 1932.
"Après le pardon". This statuette in wood dates to around 1942 and was purchased by the French State from the "Éxposition d'art régional breton" held in Rennes from 17 October 15 November 1942
"Le Procès de Jeanne d’Arc". This bronze statuette dates to 1942.
This Armel-Beaufils marble work is held by the Rennes' Hôtel de la préfecture d'Ille-et-Vilaine
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