MARIE-JOSÈPHE BOURRON (Grenoble, 1931- Paris?, 2012). "Female nude". Bronze. Signed on the lower

MARIE-JOSÈPHE BOURRON (Grenoble, 1931- Paris?, 2012).
"Female nude".
Bronze.
Signed at the bottom.
Exhibitions: "European sculpture of the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014.
Size: 28 x 27 x 17 cm.
Self-taught sculptor. Marie-Jo Bourron enrolled in evening classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1968. She soon began working with clay, marble and bronze, and exhibited for the first time in 1974 at the Salon des indépendants in Paris. He exhibited mainly in France, but also in the United States, Germany and Switzerland, both individually and in groups, notably in 1988 in Chicago in a duo at the Jacques Baruch Gallery with the photographer Lucien Clergue and the painter Sacha Chimkevitch. Inspired by Rodin's gesture and mastery, Marie-Jo Bourron worked with a freedom and modernity of expression that gave her work a unique aspect. She was a complete artist. In addition to classical materials such as bronze and marble, she renewed her repertoire by using original plaster that she patinated, cast or moulded resins, other composites and, finally, clay. This last material is her favourite support. Marie-Jo Bourron is directly inspired by Camille Claudel. Like the latter, she is one of the few women who sculpts, and also pursues her quest for realism. Marie-Jo gives her nudes a similar touch and works on their poses and patinas. She brings a daring novelty to them.