Victor Segoffin

Who was Victor Segoffin?

Victor Joseph Jean Ambroise Segoffin was a French sculptor.

Born in Toulouse, educated at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Louis-Ernest Barrias and Pierre-Jules Cavelier, Segoffin won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1897. He became an instructor at the Ecole, became an officier of the Légion d'honneur in 1922, and a street in Toulouse is named for him.

His works include:

The war dance, marble, Musée d'Orsay, 1903–1905

Sacred Mask Dance, bronze, Musée d'Orsay, 1905

marble monument of Voltaire, meant for the Pantheon, now in the courtyard of the Lycee de Voltaire, 1907–1921

bronze Genius Vanquishing Time at the Cour Napoleon at the Louvre Palace, 1908, melted down during the German occupation

bust of the Cuban-French poet José-Maria de Heredia, bronze, Jardin du Luxembourg

Therese Combarieu, marble, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins

Denise Combarieu, bronze, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins

Emile Cartailhac, bronze, Muséum of Toulouse 1914