Despiau worked for Rodin as an assistant in 1907, and did some personal sculptures also, taking his time for each of them, therefore not focussing at all on the quantity of sculptures he would do (150 known in total during 50 years of sculpting).
Despiau did mostly portraits, and nude, as the one I choose to display here, the 'Rising Young Man'.
His one-man show of 1927 in New York, when he was 51, gave him a larger notoriety and success, resulting today in sculptures present among 30 museums in France, and 100 in the world. In New York, he has works in the MET and also the MOMA.
He died in Paris.
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| Despiau - Rising young man - |
You can visit the museum (Tour Lacataye) organized around his work in Mont de Marsan, France
And some statues are also displayed in Luxembourg, at the Chateau (and garden) of Colpach.
Sources :
Site Chateau de Colpac / Croix rouge
Charles Despiau website
