Josette Hébert-Coëffin


Josette Hébert-Coëffin was a French sculptor.

Life

Hébert-Coëffin was born on 16 December 1906 in Rouen, France. She studied at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen, where she won a first prize in sculpture and architecture in 1922. She went on to study under and Charles Despiau.
She was the first laureate of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in New York in 1937. The same year She received a gold medal at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne.
She was a recipient of gold medal from the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale.
She died on 3 June 1973 in Paris.

Works