Maxime Real del Sarte
Maxime Real del Sarte was a French sculptor and political activist.Biography
Early life
Maxime Real del Sarte was born on 2 May 1888 in Paris, France as the son of the sculptor Louis Desire Real and Marie Magdeleine Real del Sarte. He was a cousin of the painter Thérèse Geraldy and was also related to the composer Georges Bizet. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts. He served in World War I, and had his left arm amputated in 1916.Sculpture
He won the Grand Prix national des Beaux-Arts in 1921. He designed over fifty war memorials in France. He also designed many statues of Joan of Arc. Additionally, he designed busts for the Dukes of Guise and Orlean.Politics
He became involved with the right-wing Action française, where he became associated with Charles Maurras, Léon Daudet, Jacques Bainville, Maurice Pujo, Henri Vaugeois and Léon de Montesquiou. He founded and led the royalist organisation Camelots du roi. He was a devout and fervent Roman Catholic and a huge admirer of Joan of Arc. When he found out that Francois Thalamas, a Professor at the Lycee Condorcet who was critical of Joan of Arc, was to give lectures at the Sorbonnes, he made sure to disrupt their course with his collaborators. He founded the organization "Les Compagnons de Jeanne d'Arc". He was wounded in an anti-parliamentary clash on 6 February 1934.
During the World War II, he was awarded a medal by the Vichy regime.Death
He died on 15 February 1954 near Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
