Gaston Petit

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGaston•Petit
Used nameGaston•Petit
Born6 October 1890 in Saint-Jean-de-Vignes, Rhône (FRA)
DiedSeptember 1984
NOC France

Biography

Gaston Petit was a French sculptor who lived in Paris. He was a student of Jean-Antoine Injalbert. As a member of the Société des artistes français, he exhibited in the salons from 1913. One of his works in public space is a bronze bust for the sculptor Jean-Marie Mengue in Bagnères-de-Luchon. Petit created several monuments for victims of World War I, including in the Indian Puducherry, at the time a French colony. In Amsterdam, he submitted busts of the aviation pioneers Nungesser and Coli. A life-size bust of Nungesser made of plaster can be found in the Étretat Museum on the Normandy coast. This is where their plane had left French territory. However, there is also a 22 cm high version made of bronze and a version reduced to Nungesser’s head. Petit was also involved in the Monument for Nungesser and Coli, to be erected in Etretat by Louis Rey, submitted for the architecture competition.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Art Competitions FRA Gaston Petit
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) AC
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) AC