Maurice Pouzet

Maurice Pouzet (born in Laval in 1921 and died in Angers in 1997) is a French sculptor and illustrator .

Life

Pouzet trained at the Angers School of Fine Arts where he took courses in decoration and sculpture; however, he branched off into commerce, graduating in 1939 from the Angers business school. In 1941, he was a designer with the Bricard architectural firm. In 1942, he began a career as an illustrator within the team of Éditions Jacques Petit, among others. He also participated in poster competitions, which make him known in this discipline. It was also an advertisement for a slate company which made him discover his own talents as a slate sculptor. This material in turn led him to metal engraving, and in particular to orders for medals for the “Monnaie de Paris ”. His work is therefore defined above all by this variety of related supports: he continued this research towards the end of his life in the work of cartoons, "patterns" of tapestries. In 1980, he was made a Knight of Arts and Letters.

Artworks

He illustrated:

• Jeannot and Colin by Voltaire (1944),
• Casanova, some Parisian adventures, introductions and notes by Jacques Isolle, Editions Jacques Petit (1944),
• Paul-Louis Courier "An adventure in Calabria", illustrations by Maurice Pouzet, Éditions Jacques-Petit, Angers, 1945.
• Chronicle of Saint-Macé by Jacques Isolle (1945),
• Mardoche by Alfred de Musset, ed. Jacques Petit (1945),
• In the company of another Anjou wine by Félix Landreau, ed. Jacques Petit (1945),
• Selected poems, by Lamartine, ed. Jacques Petit (1945)
• An adventure in Calabria by Paul-Louis Courier, ed. Jacques Petit (1945)
• The Works of François Villon, Éditions Athéna, Paris, (1947),
• Selected poems by Gérard de Nerval, ed. Jacques Petit (1947),
• The Passion of our Hairy Brother by Marc Leclerc, ed. Jacques Petit (1947),
• Candide or the Optimist by Voltaire (1948),
• The Lesson of Love in a Park by René Boylesve (1949),
• Three ladies from the Loire Valley by Antoinette de La Paumelière, ed. Jacques Petit (1950),
• Torrents by Marie-Anne Desmarest (1950),
• Daphnis and Chloe by Longus (1954),
• Complete works of Molière, Ed. Arc-en-Ciel (1954–1955),
• The confessions of the Count of *** by Charles Duclos (1956), etc.