Simone Boutarel

Simone Marie Suzanne Boutarel (5 March 1892 – 21 August 1987)^[1] was a French sculptor and medallist. She was principally known for her small-scale works representing animals and birds.^[2]

Simone Boutarel
Born	5 March 1892 Paris, France
Died	21 August 1987(1987-08-21) (aged 95) Nyons, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Sculptor

Boutarel was a descendant of the Breton writer Émile Souvestre and his wife Nanine Papot, and the granddaughter of the writer Eugène Lesbazeilles. She was a pupil of Paul Landowski and Édouard Fraisse and a member of the Société des artistes français. In 1928 she exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants a bust and a display case of little sculptures^[3] She was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Salon in 1929, and silver medals at the Salons of 1931 and 1937,^[4] and continued to exhibit works until the end of the 1960s.^[5]

A rare public work on a larger scale was the bronze ornaments on the doors of the market hall of Falaise in Normandy, restored in 2022.^[6]

Although a sculptor and medallist, she submitted work for the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[7]