Jean Gabriel Chauvin, born in Rochefort on March 30, 1889, and died in Saint-Martin-lès-Melle on May 15, 1976, was a French sculptor. He was one of the first to develop abstract sculpture (La Toilette, 1909). and is therefore considered a pioneer in the field. Jean Chauvin was the only survivor, along with his twin brother André Joseph, of a family of six children. The themes of birth and twinhood permeate his entire body of work. His first known sculpture dates from 1906: a piece of birch wood carved with a knife at the age of 17, which he later said he had hidden under a pile of coal to keep it from the eyes of a father who was harshly opposed to his artistic calling. More information...
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