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Louise Ochsé (13 June 1884 – 1 August 1944) was a Franco-Belgian sculptor born in the suburbs of Brussels, Belgium, at the end of the 19th century. Initially she studied under Constantin Meunier. She moved to Paris and exhibited her works at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts between 1905 and 1914 and at the Salon de la Libre Esthétique from 1906 to 1912. On the occasion of her exhibit at the Galerie Boutet de Monvel in 1912, the poet and writer Guillaume Apollinaire praised her work. Examples of her art include a bust of Maurice Ravel which now is exhibited at the composer Maurice Ravel museum in the town of Montfort-L'Amaury, outside of Paris, and a bronze mask of composer Claude Debussy which was exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay October 2008 to February 2009. A bronze plaque entitled Challenge de Gramont is on display at the Fogg Museum.