COQUILLAY

BIOGRAPHY

Coquillay

 

Jacques COQUILLAY was born on 3 June 1935. He was a student in the sculplure section of l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Tours.
Diplôme national de sculpture 1958.
Student at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris in Marcel Gimond's studio.
Diplôme supérieur d' Art plastique, 1960 (grade : good).

When Gimond died, Coquillay joined Hubert Yencesse and Raymond Corbin's studio.
Candidate in the Prix de Rome examinations 1961.
During the judging of the Prix de Rome he met Jean Carton, Raymond Martin and Georges Hilbert with whom he became good friends.
He set up a young sculptors' group with the help of Belmondo and produced several group exhibitions.

In 1976 he met Dunoyer de Segonzac, who encouraged him and purchased his first bronzes.
He was elected vice-president of the Artistes Français in 1983.
Retrospective of the works of Coquillay at the Autumn Salon 1992.
Prix Jehan des Vignes-Rouges, Académie de Versailles, 1993.
Promoted to Official Navy Painter (1995).

MUSEUMS
Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Torso of a Young Girl), Art Contemporain de Fontainebleau' (Maternity), Musée Rapin at Villenenve-sur-Lot (Water Sprite), Musée Lambinet at Versailles.
Purchases by the city of Versailles.

WORKS
"Notre-Dame du Chêne" (Viroflay Church), "Marianne" for the Town Council of Viroflay ; "Buste d'Hippolyte Maze (Bust of Hippolytus Maze)" and "Petite fille au mouton (Small girl with a sheep)" at the Taverny Town Hall ; "Monument du Souvenir (Remembrance monument)" at the Yvelines Prefecture ; "Marianne" for the Essarts Town Council (with the features of Catherine Deneuve).
Monumental sculptures : "Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus)" for a fountain in front of the Angers railway station and "Vagabondage" at Brissac, "La pomme d'amour (The apple of love)" for the fountain in the civic square at Marmande."La Vague (The Wave)" (1990) for the Rambouillet Secondary School fountain ; "Vagabondage" (1991) for the priory garden at Bourget-du-Lac ; "Le Châle (The shawl)" (1992) in a square at Sèvres ; "Jeunesse (Youth)" (1993) for the patio of the Essarts Town Hall ; "L'élégante (The Elegant Woman)" at Mulhouse (1993). "La nageuse (The swimmer)" at Villepreux (1995).