Background
René Quillivic was born on 13 May 1879 in the town of Plouhinec, Finistère, in a small house bordering one side of what is currently known as the "Place Jean Cosquer".
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Education
He came from a family of fishermen, but was apprenticed to a carpenter.
Career
He decided to pursue an artistic career as a sculptor and was accepted by the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he joined the workshop of Antonin Mercier. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon des Artistes Français. He pursued his career creating public memorial sculptures in his home départment of Finistère, Brittany.
His work was part of the Breton cultural renaissance associated with the art movement Seiz Breur.
He died in Paris on April 8, 1969.
