1866 – 1931

French sculptor. He was the son of a stone mason and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before moving to Paris, where between 1892 and 1900 he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français works of descriptive realism, frequently tragic in inspiration, such as the life-size Hope Defeated (plaster and marble, 1893; Vienne, Musée des Beaux-Arts). After 1900 he worked towards a greater architectonic rigour and formal purity, as, for example, in the monument to Michel Servet (stone, 1905-11; Vienne, public gardens) and Young Girl with Pitcher (bronze, 1910; Paris, Pompidou), which have similarities with contemporary works by Aristide Maillol.Show more

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