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Georges Schneider was born in Saint-Imier in 1919. After completing his secondary education in La Chaux-de-Fonds, he graduated with a degree in Greek and Latin from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Geneva in 1945. In 1946 he started to devote himself to sculpture and drawing in Paris. He attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where he often stayed in the studio of the Russo-French painter and sculptor Ossip Zadkine. In 1954 and 1955, he received the Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium [Swiss Federal Art Scholarship], which enabled him to intensify his work. From 1958, he began to show his works in numerous exhibitions in Switzerland and Europe. Many of his works can also be seen in public spaces, including two for his home town of Saint-Imier: in 1959 he completed the bronze sculpture «Le défricheur», dedicated to Saint Imerius, and in 1963 he produced 15 slate bas-reliefs for the Stations of the Cross for the Roman Catholic Church. Schneider spent his final years in the Maison Nationale des Artistes retirement home in Nogent-sur-Marne (Ile-de-France), where he died in 2010.
Georges Schneider was born in Saint-Imier in 1919. After completing his secondary education in La Chaux-de-Fonds, he graduated with a degree in Greek and Latin from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Geneva in 1945. In 1946 he started to devote himself to sculpture and drawing in Paris. He attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where he often stayed in the studio of the Russo-French painter and sculptor Ossip Zadkine. In 1954 and 1955, he received the Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium [Swiss Federal Art Scholarship], which enabled him to intensify his work. From 1958, he began to show his works in numerous exhibitions in Switzerland and Europe. Many of his works can also be seen in public spaces, including two for his home town of Saint-Imier: in 1959 he completed the bronze sculpture «Le défricheur», dedicated to Saint Imerius, and in 1963 he produced 15 slate bas-reliefs for the Stations of the Cross for the Roman Catholic Church. Schneider spent his final years in the Maison Nationale des Artistes retirement home in Nogent-sur-Marne (Ile-de-France), where he died in 2010.
