Simone Marie Suzanne Boutarel (5 March 1892 – 21 August 1987) was a French sculptor and medallist. She was principally known for her small-scale works representing animals and birds.Mutualart.com - Simone Boutarel
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 sculpturesRené Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, p. 190 She was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Salon in 1929, and silver medals at the Salons of 1931 and 1937,Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, vol. 2, 1961, p. 39 and continued to exhibit works until the end of the 1960s.Dictionnaire Bénézit, 1999
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."Vieillissantes, les Halles du marché se refont une beauté à Falaise", Les Nouvelles de Falaise, 25 Feb 2022
Although a sculptor and medallist, she submitted work for the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
References
Further reading Dictionnaire biographique des sculpteurs des années 1920-1930, Thierry Roche The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze, James Alexander Mackay, 1977, p. 49