Pierre Meauzé was a French academic sculptor known for his representations of African women in the Art Deco style. He was born in 1913 and died in 1978. His sculpture is considered a true testimony to Africa. He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris alongside Charles Despiau before becoming Aristide Maillol's assistant.

With a State scholarship, he went to Africa in 1938, where he discovered African art. It was in Ivory Coast that he found most of his inspiration. Fascinated by this country, Pierre Meauzé settled in Abidjan, where he actively participated in the creation of the Museum of Civilizations of Ivory Coast in the 1940s. This museum was opened to showcase a small number of works intended to represent the art of North African communities.

Returning to Paris, André Malraux appointed him in 1963 as head of the Africa section of the Museum of African and Oceanian Arts in Paris, where he remained until 1977. He also continued his profession as a sculptor. In 1950, he collaborated with Anna Quinquaud and Roger Bézombes in creating the Maison de France d'Outre Mer, for which he created the sculpted pillars at the entrance.

Throughout these years, Pierre Meauzé wrote numerous books on African art. He participated in André Malraux's reflection on the definition of African art, defining it as a first art rather than a primitive one.