French painter and sculptor
Marie-Renee Ucciani
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Renee Ucciani, photo J. Oricelly (ca. 1922)
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Born
| 27 March 1883
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Died
| 19 February 1963
(
1963-02-20
)
(aged 79)
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Resting place
| Pere Lachaise Cemetery
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Occupations
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Organization
| Societe des Artistes Francais
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Movement
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Spouse
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Georges Baudy
(
m.
1903, divorced)
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Parent
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Marie-Renee Ucciani
(27 March 1883 ? 19 February 1963) was a French painter and sculptor. A member of the
Societe des Artistes Francais
, she exhibited in its
Salon
in the 1930s.
Biography
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edit
]
Marie-Renee Ucciani was born in the
3rd arrondissement of Paris
on 27 March 1883.
[1]
Her father was
Pierre Ucciani
[
fr
]
, a painter, jeweler and goldsmith.
[2]
Her mother, Hortense (nee Begard), was an heiress and the manager of an important jeweler and goldsmith business, "Begard H. et Cie".
[3]
In May 1903,
[4]
she married Georges Baudy (1880-1960),
[5]
who took over the business, "Begard H. et Cie" on 8 February 1911.
[6]
Their youngest daughter died at the age of two following a fall in the
Tuileries Garden
, which destabilized the marriage. Ucciani divorced and tried to forget this tragedy by painting and sculpting.
[7]
[8]
[9]
Ucciani was introduced to painting at a very young age by her father. From 1906, she painted in Villers-sur-Mer in the company of Leon Giran-Max, her cousin
Elisabeth Fuss-Amore
[
fr
]
, and her father, in a style influenced by
Post-Impressionism
and
Fauvism
.
[8]
From 1913 to 1914, Ucciani was introduced to sculpture by
Paolo Troubetzkoy
before his departure to the United States. From 1928 to 1939, as a student of
Eugene Benet
[
fr
]
, she made
busts
and
bas-reliefs
, for which Benet made plaster casts and terracotting. She took her family, her friends, and her dog "Loute" as models. The Benet couple became friends and stayed at her home, Villa Corsica in Villers-sur-Mer.
[8]
In 1932, she became a member of the Societe des Artistes Francais and exhibited in its Salon from that year to 1939.
From 1940 to 1944, she lived in
Villers-sur-Mer
, in the evacuated zone, in spite of pressure from family and friends. From 1945 to 1963, living in Paris in an artist's studio at 63, boulevard Berthier, she returned to paint every spring on the
Normandy
coast.
[8]
She died on 19 February 1963 in her studio in the
17th arrondissement of Paris
,
[10]
and was buried in the Begard family chapel in the
Pere Lachaise Cemetery
in Paris.
[11]
Gallery
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- Paintings by Marie-Renee Ucciani
-
Sa fille Georgette
, 1909, collection Ucciani.
-
Sa fille Georgette sur un rocher,
Villers-sur-Mer
, 1913, collection Ucciani.
-
Falaise soleil couchant, Villers-sur-Mer
, 1907, collection Ucciani.
-
Bateaux a quai,
Trouville-sur-Mer
, 1920, collection Ucciani.
- Sculptures by Marie-Renee Ucciani
-
Pierre Ucciani
(1932), collection Ucciani.
-
Georgette Baudy
(1914), collection Ucciani.
-
Pierre Ucciani
(vers 1932), collection Ucciani.
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Georgette Baudy
(1935), collection Ucciani.
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Pierre Ucciani
(1936), collection Ucciani.
References
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"Archives de Paris 2e, acte de naissance no 424, annee 1883 (avec mentions marginales de mariage et de deces) (page 12/31)"
.
archives.paris.fr
(in French). Archives de Paris
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Pierre Ucciani, orfevre et fabricant bijoutier-joaillier, 71 boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris, 1er mai 1879 au 18 octobre 1902"
.
www.culture.gouv.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Hortense Begard, orfevre et fabricant bijoutier-joaillier, 22 rue Michel-le-Comte, 75 Paris, 11 novembre 1896 au 23 juin 1905"
.
www.culture.gouv.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Archives de Paris 3e, acte de mariage no 386, annee 1903 (page 4/31)"
.
archives.paris.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Georges Baudy, orfevre et fabricant bijoutier-joaillier, 26 rue Beaubourg, 75 Paris, 8 fevrier 1911 au 15 mars 1921"
.
www.culture.gouv.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Begard H. (& Cie), orfevre et fabricant bijoutier-joaillier, 22 rue Michel-le-Comte, 75 Paris, 15 juin 1905 au 8 fevrier 1911"
.
www.culture.gouv.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Peintres du Pays d'Auge, journees du Patrimoine 2010"
(in French). Association de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine d'Auberville
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
– via archive.wikiwix.com.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"Ucciani a Villers"
.
Le Pays d'Auge
(in French). October 2012
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Villers et ses peintres, exposition"
(in French). Les nouvelles du Villare. July 2014
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
– via archive.wikiwix.com.
- ^
"Archives de Paris 17e, acte de deces no 329, annee 1963 (page 1/31)"
.
archives.paris.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
- ^
"Registre journalier d'inhumation de Paris Pere-Lachaise (page 25/31)"
.
archives.paris.fr
(in French)
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.
Bibliography
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- Dutour, Francoise; Egnell, Karin,
Villers et ses peintres (1858-1930)
, (catalogue d'exposition), Imprimerie Moderne de Bayeux, 2014.
- Egnell, Karin,
Ucciani a Villers
, Le Pays d'Auge (societe savante), October 2012
ISSN
1149-3305
- Egnell, Karin,
Eugene Benet et le Poilu victorieux
, Le Pays d'Auge (societe savante), November?December 2014
ISSN
1149-3305
- Giansily, Pierre-Claude,
Histoire de la peinture en Corse aux XIXe et XXe siecles. Dictionnaire des peintres
, June 2010
ISBN
978-2-915922-36-3
- Nigaglioni, Michel-Edouard,
Encyclopedie des Peintres actifs en Corse
, Editions Alain Piazzola, 2013
ISBN
978-2-915410-93-8
- Catalogue illustre du Salon des artistes francais
, 1933
- L'art de vivre a Villers au XIXe et XXe siecle
, Ouest-France (Pays d'Auge), 18 June 2014
ISSN
0999-2138
- Peintres du Pays d'Auge, Journees du Patrimoine
, Le Pays d'Auge et Ouest-France (Pays d'Auge), September 2010
ISSN
0999-2138
- Villers et ses peintres (evenement)
, Ouest-France (Pays d'Auge), 12 June 2014
ISSN
0999-2138