12 Facts About Claude Grange

Claude Grange was a sculptor, born in Vienne in Isere on 23 September 1883 and who died in Paris on 22 September 1971.

Claude Grange attended Ponsard college in Vienne, then attended Lyon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts before moving on to Paris' Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1906.

Claude Grange executed sculpture for the Vienne war memorial in 1926, that for Verdun in 1928 and the Monument aux Basques at Craonnelle.

Claude Grange executed bas-reliefs for the "ile des Cygnes" in the Parc de la Tete d'Or in Lyon, a bust of Hector Berlioz and Victor Charles Descoust and the head of Mademoiselle Suzanne Ursault.

Claude Grange created a bas-relief portrait for the tomb of Leon Cathlin in Chalezeule's cemetery.

Claude Grange died on 22 September 1971 and is buried in Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Claude Grange was awarded second prize in the Prix de Rome of 1912 for this work.

In 1914, Claude Grange was awarded the bronze medal of the Societe des Artistes Francais for this composition.

Claude Grange had presented a plaster copy to the 1933 salon and this is held by the Musee Hector-Berlioz in La Cote-Saint-Andre.

Claude Grange executed one of the many reliefs for the Memorial de la France combattante.

Claude Grange's relief, named "FAFL", commemorates the forces of the Free French Airforce.

Claude Grange's relief featured a horse and a female allegory of victory.