Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune

French sculptor

Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune born Georgette Lejeune (1895-1969) was a French sculptor known for her portrait busts of notable individuals.

Biography

Bingguely-Lejeune was born and raised in Paris and studied under Jean-George Achard there before studying in London with Charles Doman.^[2] In 1923 she married Henry Bingguely at Kensington in London.^[2] The couple spent World War II in London.^[2] She was a life-long number of the Societe des Artistes Francais and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon and at the Royal Academy in London.^[2]^[3] She also exhibited at the Fine Art Society, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and with the Royal Society of British Artists.^[4] In 1948 Bingguely-Lejeune was awarded the Legion of Honour.^[1]

Bingguely-Lejeune's portrait bust of Rudyard Kipling is in the National Portrait Gallery, London and Nuffield College in Oxford holds her 1937 bust of Lord Nuffield.^[2] Other subjects included Haile Selassie and General de Gaulle.^[1] Her portrait of General Henri Guisan is held by the Museum of Fine Art in Lausanne.^[3]

She died at Corseaux in Switzerland.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Reception and presentation to Madame G. Bingguely-Lejeune". The Swiss Observer. 16 April 1948. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Mrs Georgette Bingguely-Lejeune". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bingguely, Ginette". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00019913. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.