Ulysse Gémignani
French sculptor
Ulysse Jean-Baptiste Gemignani (1906 in Paris – 1973) was a French sculptor. He was the husband of the French composer Yvonne Desportes whom he met when they were both prize-winners of the Prix de Rome staying at the Villa Médicis in 1934.
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