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Lucien-Paul Pouzargues (1878-1957)

Lucien Paul Pouzargues Study of a Classical Sculpture
Biography
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Artist and illustrator Lucien-Paul Pouzargues was born at Courbevoie, north west Paris on 29 September 1878.
According to the dated stamp on one of the drawings in the collection below, Pouzargues entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1898. Here, he studied under Léon Bonnat (1833-1922).

Ecole des Beaux Arts Concours d'emulation stamp

​Kathleen Adler (in Americans in Paris, 2006) provides an insight into an art student’s life in Paris in the second half on the nineteenth century: ‘For most artists, the first obstacle to be overcome…was where to study. To be an art student meant negotiating a highly competitive system. Admission to matriculation at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, established in 1648, was by a rigorous and demanding process of competition, open only to men until 1897. The crucial part of the concours was the execution of a drawing, either from the antique or from life, over two six-hour sessions [Pouzargues’ Concours d’Emulation entry can be viewed here]. Only students who had satisfied the criteria for matriculation could call themselves students in the Ecole…Kenyon Cox [American artist] described the arrangement of the Ecole in a letter home in 1879: ‘The ‘Beaux-Arts’ is arranged after this fashion. There are several large halls filled with plasters from the antique and Renaissance sculptors, and in these halls the primary pupils of all the masters work together, the masters coming round twice a week to criticize…’’

Lucien Paul Pouzargues Female Nude detail

​In 1900, Pouzargues became a member of the Société des Artistes Français, winning a Gold Medal in 1920. From that year until 1937 he was a regular contributor to the weekly newspaper L'Illustration.
Pouzargues died on 15 February 1957.

Lucien Paul Pouzargues Nude from behind drawing detail
The Collection

This remarkable suite of fin de siècle drawings was discovered in 2017. The 37 sheets were tightly rolled and, seemingly, had been that way for many years. In early 2020, following three years during which the sheets were laid flat beneath weights to straighten them out, the beauty and skill of Pouzargues draughtsmanship was finally revealed. 

Lucien Paul Pouzargues standing female nude drawing detail

​The drawings were undertaken at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris in the last years of the nineteenth century. The majority of the collection reflects the nature of academic art teaching of the time. Female and male figure studies were meticulously recorded as were classical sculptures. Contrastingly, a small number of the drawings below hint at a more modernist approach.   
 
All of the drawings are held in a private collection. Due to Pouzargues’ relative obscurity and the small number of drawings and paintings by the artist in the public realm, the owner has kindly allowed us to share images of these works.  

​Clicking on the images or titles will take you to each drawing’s page.
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Male Nude from Behind
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude from behind detail

Male Nude Side View
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude side view detail

Standing Male Nude
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude study detail

Male Nude Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues male nude study detail

Standing Female Nude Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing standing female nude study detail

Female Nude from Behind
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing female nude from behind detail

Male Nude with Pole
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude with pole detail

Female Torso Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing female torso study detail

Male Nude with Hands Behind Back
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude with hands behind back detail

Nude from Behind
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing nude from behind detail

Male Nude with Rod
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude with rod detail

Leaning Nude Figure
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing leaning nude figure detail

Seated Bearded Male
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing seated bearded man detail

Female Nude from the Side
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing female nude from the side detail

Standing Male Nude from Behind
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing standing male nude from behind detail

Figure Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing figure study detail

Male Figure Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male figure study detail

Male Figure Pose
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male figure pose detail

Female Nude Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing female nude study detail

Standing Male Nude with Rod
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues standing male nude with rod drawing detail

Sculpture Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing sculpture study detail

Classical Sculpture Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing classical sculpture study detail

Nude Male Figure Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude figure study detail

Study of a Classical Sculpture
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing study of a classical sculpture detail

Nude Male
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing nude male detail

Seated Male Nude
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing seated male nude detail

Male Nude Standing
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude standing

Standing Female Nude
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing standing female nude detail

Standing Male Nude Figure
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing standing male nude figure detail

Male Nude with Clenched Fist
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing male nude with clenched fist detail

Torso Study
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing torso study detail

Bearded Male Nude
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing bearded male nude

Study of the Discus Thrower 1898
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing study of the discus thrower detail

Standing Male Nude
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing standing male nude detail

Seated Bearded Male 
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing seated bearded male detail

Study of the Discus Thrower Sculpture
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing study of the discus thrower sculpture detail

Female Nude
Lucien-Paul Pouzargues drawing female nude detail

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