François Cogné

François Cogné (10 August 1876 – 9 April 1952) was a French sculptor.

[1] His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

[2] He created an equestrian statue of Hubert Lyautey, the first French résident général in Morocco.

[3] It was first displayed at what in 1938 was Place Lyautey (now Muhammad V Square), though the statue is now kept within the walls of the French consulate in Casablanca.

[3] He is credited, among other works, with the statue of Georges Clemenceau displayed on Champs Elysées.

Portrait de François Cogné par Serge Ivanoff, Paris, 1945.