Charles Malfray was a French

France

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 sculptor.

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

École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts

The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...

. Attracted by the art of Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

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 and Antoine Bourdelle

Antoine Bourdelle

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, Charles Malfray survived in 1916 after the Battle of Verdun

Battle of Verdun

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. In 1920, he created the Monuments to the dead of Pithiviers and Orleans, whose modernism was highly debated. Ruined by this work, sick as a result of the war, he almost gave up sculpture. But in 1931, his friend Aristide Maillol

Aristide Maillol

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 appointed him as his successor at the Académie Ranson. During the following years, Malfray had many students in his workshop, including Étienne Martin

Etienne Martin

- Biography :Born 4 February 1913 in Loriol, Drôme, France, Étienne Martin attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon from 1929 to 1933, where he met Marcel Michaud...

, François Stahly

François Stahly

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, and Jean Le Moal

Jean Le Moal

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A street in Orléans was named after Charles Malfray.

Main works

• Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Torse de nageuse
• Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Danse (bronze), Femme assise (bronze), Le Baiser (plaster), La Beauce (plaster), Torse de baigneuse (plaster), Homme marchant avec une besace (plaster), Torse de femme (plaster), Deux baigneuses (plaster), La Danse (plaster)
• Paris, Musée d'art moderne, La Danse, 1939