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Place of Birth: Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Charles Malfray
- Charles Malfray (19 July 1887, Orléans – 28 May 1940, Dijon) was a French sculptor. Born the son of an Orléans stonemason he was a student of the École des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans.
- At seventeen, he attended the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
- He however rejected the academic teaching of the college and became attracted by the art of the Montmartre-based Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. Malfray survived the First World War after being gassed and taking part in the Battle of Verdun, but was deeply affected by his experiences.
- Together with his brother, he created war memorials to the dead of Pithiviers (1920) and Orleans (1924), whose modernism was highly debated.
- In 1920 he was awarded the Prix Blumenthal, but ruined by the work and ill as a result of the war, he almost gave up sculpture. However, in 1931, his friend Aristide Maillol appointed him his successor as professor at the Académie Ranson in Paris.
- During the following years, Malfray had many students in his workshop, including Étienne Martin, François Stahly, Nessa Cohen, and Jean Le Moal. He died in 1940.
- A street in Orléans was named Rue Charles Malfray.
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