Alexandre Descatoire

ALEXANDRE DESCATOIRE (Douai, 1874–Lille, 1949).
"Pierrot and Colombine."
Patinated plaster.
Signed.
Measurements: 63 x 37 x 28 cm.

Alexandre Joseph Descatoire was a prominent French Art Deco sculptor and a member of the prestigious French Academy of Fine Arts. Much of his artistic career was deeply marked by World War I, which led him to design numerous public and historical monuments in memory of the fallen soldiers. He studied under André-Louis-Adolphe Laoust and Gabriel-Jules Thomas. He won the prestigious Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1902. He taught at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts in Paris beginning in 1934 and was elected a member of the Academy in 1939.