{{Short description|French sculptor}} {{Infobox person | name = Maurice Désiré de Bus | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 30 December 1907 | birth_place = Mitry-Mory, Seine-et-Marne, France | death_date = 11 November 1963 | death_place = Paris, France | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts | employer = | occupation = Sculptor | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Maurice de Bus''' (30 December 1907 - 11 November 1963) was a French sculptor. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.<ref name="temerson49">{{cite book|last1=Temerson|first1=Henri|title=Biographies des principales personnalités françaises décédées au cours de l'année 1963|date=1968|location=Paris|page=49|oclc=490006567}}</ref> He won the Prix de Rome in Sculpture in 1937.<ref name="bnfmaurice">{{cite web|title=Maurice de Bus (1907-1963)|url=http://data.bnf.fr/14970874/maurice_de_bus/|website=Bibliothèque nationale de France|accessdate=April 15, 2017}}</ref> He lived at the Villa Medici in 1938–1939.<ref name="villamaurice">{{cite web|title=Maurice Désiré de Bus Période: 1938-1939 Profession: Sculpteur|url=http://www.villamedici.it/fr/r%C3%A9sidences/pensionnaires-depuis-1666/b/bus-maurice-d%C3%A9sir%C3%A9-de/|website=Villa Medici|accessdate=April 15, 2017}}</ref> He also designed coins for the Monnaie de Paris.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goldenberg|first1=Yvonne|title=Hommage à Maurice De Bus, 1907-1963|date=1964|publisher=Monnaie de Paris|location=Paris|oclc=647240971}}</ref>
==Biography== A student of Paul Niclausse at the School of Decorative Arts, and later of Henri Bouchard at the School of Fine Arts, he won the Chenavard Prize in 1932 and the Prix de Rome in 1937.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Le Centre Municipal de Culture et de Loisirs Maurice de BUS |url=http://mitry-mory-histoire-over-blog-com.over-blog.com/2016/03/le-centre-municipal-de-culture-et-de-loisirs-maurice-de-bus.html |website=mitry-mory-histoire.over-blog.com }}</ref> He was a professor at the École des Arts Appliqués, located at 11 Rue Dupetit-Thouars in Paris. He produced medals for the Monnaie de Paris.
Starting in 1950, he taught drawing and sculpture at the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitry-Mory : Maurice de Bus |url=https://villeparisis-histoire.over-blog.com/2023/01/mitry-mory-maurice-de-bus.html |website=blog de la Société d'Histoire de Villeparisis - Association Villeparisis et son passé (77270)}}</ref> The painter Robert Perlin joined his studio in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Perlin |url=https://galeriepeinturefraiche.art/perlin-robert/ |website=Galerie Peinture Fraiche }}</ref>
The Bossuet Museum in Meaux is dedicating an exhibition to him from October 15, 2022, to January 29, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition d'automne - Maurice de Bus |url=https://www.tourisme-paysdemeaux.com/index.php/4971-exposition-dautomne-maurice-de-bus |website=Meaux Marne Ourcq Tourisme }}</ref>
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