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| 1925 |
Born in Tonneins to Georges MAURIN and Blanche SAINT PAUL
Starts sculpting branches, debris of wood and clay from a very young age. |
| 1940 |
Discovers medieval and pre-Columbian art |
| 1942 |
Attends the Beaux Arts School in Toulouse |
| 1943 |
Joins the Resistance |
| 1944 |
Immediately after the war, sets up his first sculpting studio and works clay, stone and wood |
| 1945 |
Sculpts his first monument in memory of the Tonneins resistants. |
| 1946 |
Joins Monsieur de Latournerie’s studio in Paris |
| 1947 |
Produces sketches for the Charbonnages de France |
| 1948 |
First trip to the United States , numerous sacred and pagan works of art. |
| 1950 |
Marries Janine Duval while on a trip to France . He takes her to America |
| 1951 |
Works with the Bourdelle son. Meets Duchamp, de Kooning and Yop Nicolas, a master glass-worker from the Netherlands |
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