Raymond Delamarre's studies were interrupted, firstly by his conscription into the army from 1911 to 1913 and then service from 1914 to 1918 after the French mobilization, although between the two he managed some further time back in Coutan's studio.
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Raymond Delamarre was released in the course of an exchange of prisoners carried out in 1916 and returned to active service.
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On leaving the army at the end of the war, Raymond Delamarre now tried to secure the "Prix de Rome" and with the bas-relief "Le retour du guerrier au foyer familial" he shared the prize with Alfred Janniot which meant he was able to spend four years in Rome at the Villa Medicis.
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Raymond Delamarre executed a bas-relief of Mowgli in plaster measuring 2 metres by 2 metres.
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In 1927, Raymond Delamarre married Mariel Jean-Brunhes, the daughter of the geographer Jean Brunhes and they made visits to Spain and the Ballearics.
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In 1963 Raymond Delamarre created the last of his great "monumental" works, executing 12 reliefs in stone for the entrance of the chapel of Nantes's new hospital, a building designed by Michel Roux Spitz, after which he worked on a number of busts, statues, medals and plaque until his death on 28 February 1986.
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Whilst in Rome Raymond Delamarre executed several works including those listed below.
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That academic year, Raymond Delamarre had prepared a female nude study in plaster but this was not shown until an exhibition was organized in Rome for the year 1921, by which time the Villa had started to get back to normal.
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Copy of this Raymond Delamarre work stands in Charleville-Mezieres's Stade du "Petit Bois".
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Several architects commissioned Raymond Delamarre to create reliefs for buildings they were designing.
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The Raymond Delamarre family made a gift to the Musee Elbeuf of various artifacts which are held in the museum's "Fabrique des savoirs" including Raymond Delamarre's studies for the Grand-Couronne work.
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In 1934 Raymond Delamarre participated in the decoration of the annex built for the mairie of Paris' 14th arrondissement and executed several reliefs.
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Raymond Delamarre completed a relief for the entrance to the Cantal archive's premises in 1956.
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Raymond Delamarre's composition "Pour que l'homme ne soit pas victime des forces qu'il a dechainees" is based on the story of Prometheus.
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In 1926 and working with Roux-Spitz, Raymond Delamarre created three reliefs for a display in the 1926 Salon.
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Raymond Delamarre executed reliefs on the faces of a Roux-Spitz designed fountain in one of the exhibition's gardens, that designed by the landscape gardener Joseph Marrast in the avenue Cours-La-Reine.
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Raymond Delamarre chose to design a wooden replica of a church which would incorporate architectural styles from all the regions where French catholic missionaries were at work and Tournon's chapel had the look of a pagoda, his bell-tower was reminiscent of the mosques of Black Africa and its annexes were covered in the green tuiles of Maghreb.
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Two important works which Raymond Delamarre had completed for the exhibition stand were to reappear in the Epinay-sur-Seine church; his " Sacre-Cœur " and some of his "Beatitudes".
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One of Raymond Delamarre's contributions to the church was a "Sacre-Cœur" executed in 1930.
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Raymond Delamarre gave approval for reductions to be made of the work in terracotta these in limited editions.
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Apart from the "Sacre-coeur", four of Raymond Delamarre's "Beatitudes" were to form part of the church in Epinay-sur-Seine.
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The bell tower is designed in the shape a minaret and the whole facade is covered in blue and white ceramic tiles in a pattern created by Lorymi and Raymond Delamarre Virac, using a new type of brickwork developed in 1930 by Marguerite Hure.
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Raymond Delamarre chose to depict various French martyrs in his design, placing them against a map showing the great lakes and important cities of Canada.
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Raymond Delamarre was commissioned to carry out the sculptural work involved in this monument honouring Jonnart's memory and depicts Jonnart in a bronze bas-relief within a medallion, this set into a tall pedestal at the centre of the monument and beneath which, an allegory for France, carved from black granite, stands in defiant pose.
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Raymond Delamarre was a French missionary who worked in Senegal and subsequently founded the "Orphelins apprentis d'auteuil", an orphanage for children with special needs.
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Raymond Delamarre wrote pieces for both piano and organ, chamber music, symphonic works and the opera "Polypheme".
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Raymond Delamarre died in 1932 and a monument was erected in Brest to honour his memory, the sculptural work involved being carried out by Delamarre.
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Raymond Delamarre was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 to 1919 and a Senator from 1920 to 1921.
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Raymond Delamarre began with a version in plaster and a marble version followed a year later and was shown at the Salon des artistes francais before delivery to the Ecole coloniale.
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Raymond Delamarre was commissioned to carry out work on the decoration of the iconic SS.
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From 1949 to 1956 Raymond Delamarre worked on an outdoor statue of St Joseph, a "Vierge" and the "chemin de croix" located near the church in Orival near Elbeuf.
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Raymond Delamarre executed 12 bas-reliefs for the front of the chapel.
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Garric was a French catholic intellectual and man of letters and a medallion created by Raymond Delamarre depicting Garric was erected in the main entrance of the Cite universitaire's "maison internationale" in Paris.
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Raymond Delamarre used the semi-hard stone of Vilhonneur for this statue which is 2.
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Raymond Delamarre's work is one of three statues which are grouped together.
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Raymond Delamarre's statue stands on the right of the group, Sarrabezolles statue entitled "Les fruits de la Terre" stands on the right and Claude Granges "La Metropole" is in the middle.
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For Saint-Martin-de-Re, Raymond Delamarre sculpted a weeping woman and an allegory of the victorious motherland, for Pontault-Combault, another female allegory of victory.
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Raymond Delamarre used Chauvigny stone to create a standing female allegory of "Victory", winged and with sword.
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The new memorial was to comprise a central granite obelisk decorated with a sculpture by Raymond Delamarre Veysset inspired by some lines from Peguy-"heureux les epis murs et les bles moissonnes" and bas-reliefs by Francois Bazin.
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Raymond Delamarre was commissioned to work on several graves as per details below.
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Raymond Delamarre received his first private commission in 1920 when asked to sculpt a statue for the tomb of a youngster called Jacques, and he created a 2-metre-high marble statue of a weeping woman.
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In 1924, Raymond Delamarre worked with the architect Michel Roux Spitz and fellow sculptor Marcel Renard on the family tomb for the Vetters in the Croix-Rousse cemetery in Lyon.
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Raymond Delamarre was buried at his own request in the grounds of his villa now known as "Maison Louis David".
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