Ipoustéguy, Jean Robert (1920- )

French sculptor, painter, and draughtsman. He is known for his innovative combination of figurative and abstract traditions in sculpture. Typically, his work symbolizes the trials of modern life, generally in the form of an upright male figure both supported and entrapped by rigid armatures, with limbs partially lacerated or eroded, as in Val de Grâce (1977) (Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris).

Ipoustéguy turned from painting to three-dimensional form 1949-50, translating the rocky landscapes of 15th-century Italian frescoes into large sculptures with figures emerging. Brancusi was an early influence.