René Rozet
{{Short description|French sculptor (1858–1939)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = René Rozet
| image = René Rozet.png
| other_names = René-Auguste Rozet
| birth_name = Auguste René Rozet
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1858|05|14}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date = 1939
| occupation = Sculptor, medalist
| spouse = Diane Marie Mismaque (m. 1895)
| children = 3, including Fanny Rozet
}}
Auguste René Rozet (1858–1939) was a French sculptor and medalist. He produced portrait medallions,{{Cite book |last=Forrer |first=Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTFojEkLyLwC |title=Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: R-S |date=1912 |publisher=Spink & Son |page=263 |language=en}} portrait busts, tympanum, and statuettes. A common subject of his work was children.
Biography
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He was born on 14 May 1858 in Paris.{{Cite web |title=Rozet, René. Carte autographe signée |url=http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/Calames-201581418810557218 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Calames |publisher=National Institute of Art History}}{{Cite book |last=Kjellberg |first=Pierre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1t9KAQAAIAAJ |title=Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors |date=1994 |publisher=Schiffer Pub. |isbn=978-0-88740-629-4 |language=en|page=602}} Rozet studied with Pierre-Jules Cavelier, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Guillaume Charles Tasset, and Aimé Millet.
In 1905, he was elected as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.{{Cite book |last=Medals |first=British Museum Dept of Coins and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkJmAAAAMAAJ |title=Acquisitions of Medals (1983-1987) |last2=Attwood |first2=Philip |date=1991 |publisher=British Museum |isbn=978-0-86159-078-0 |language=en|page=25}} In 1912, he was honored with the Legion of Honour award. In 1927, at the Salon des Artistes Français he won the Hors concours, a gold medal.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Rozet, René |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00157341 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford: Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00157341 |isbn=978-0-19-989991-3}}
His work is in museum collections, including at the Musée d'Orsay,{{Cite web |title=René Rozet (21318) |url=https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/ressources/artists-personalities-catalog/rene-rozet-21318 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Musée d'Orsay}} and Museum of Applied Arts.{{Cite web |title=Chandelier |url=https://collections.imm.hu/gyujtemeny/chandelier/7735?npn=1 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Museum of Applied Arts Collection Database}}
His daughter was artist Fanny Rozet.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPcwAQAAMAAJ |title=L'art: revue mensuelle illustrée... |date=1905 |publisher=Librairie de l'Art |volume=64 |pages=146 |language=fr}}
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