Rene Paul Chambellan
Rene Paul Chambellan (September 15, 1893 – November 29, 1955) was an American sculptor who specialized in architectural sculpture. He helped popularize the French Modern Style, later known as Zig-Zag Moderne or Art Deco, and often worked in a Greco Deco style.
Chambellan was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now part of Union City). He studied at New York University (1912–1914), the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in Paris (1914–1917), and the Académie Julian (1918–1919). He also trained with sculptor Solon Borglum in New York City. During World War I, he served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in France.
A resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Chambellan died in a Jersey City nursing home in 1955 at the age of 62.
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