French sculptor. He came from a distinguished family of artists, studying initially under his father, Jean Baptiste Moreau, before he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts in 1841, where he was a pupil of Ramey and Dumont. He first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, then had many public commissions. His statues and monuments are to be found in many parts of Paris. He received a medal of honour from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the XIXe arrondissement, Paris, and in 1912 had a street named in his honour. //