Victor Ségoffin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French sculptor and medalist
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Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France
About Victor Ségoffin
- Victor Joseph Jean Ambroise Segoffin (1867–1925) was a French sculptor. Born in Toulouse, educated at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Louis-Ernest Barrias and Pierre-Jules Cavelier, Segoffin won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1897.
- He became an instructor at the Ecole, became an officier of the Légion d'honneur in 1922, and a street in Toulouse is named for him. His works include: The war dance, marble, Musée d'Orsay, 1903–1905 Sacred Mask Dance, bronze, Musée d'Orsay, 1905 marble monument of Voltaire, meant for the Pantheon, now in the courtyard of the Lycee de Voltaire, 1907–1921 bronze Genius Vanquishing Time at the Cour Napoleon at the Louvre Palace, 1908, melted down during the German occupation bust of the Cuban-French poet José-Maria de Heredia, bronze, Jardin du Luxembourg Therese Combarieu, marble, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins Denise Combarieu, bronze, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins Emile Cartailhac, bronze, Muséum of Toulouse 1914
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