Paul Philippe Pierrette

Place: France

Death: 1930

Biography:

Paul Philippe was a French sculptor who worked during the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in France circa 1870 and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, under the direction of Antonin Larroux (1859–1913). He specialized in bronze and chryselephantine sculptures that featured young women. A number of the pieces he created were of figures in the nude which was popular during the era he worked in. He worked for a time in Berlin, sometimes employing the Rosenthal und Maeder (R.U.M.) and Preiss-Kassler foundries to cast his work. Philippe is perhaps best known for his circa 1925 sculpture entitled Awakening, although his oeuvre consists of a large body of work. His work is exhibited in the Art Deco Museum in Moscow, Russia, one of the newest museums in the city, which opened in 2014. Philippe died in 1930, but the location of his death is unknown.