Artist

(b. 1825, Bar-sur-Aube, d. 1893, Paris)

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French sculptor. He was born at Bar-sur-Aube in 1825, his parents were Italian. His teacher was Rude. He won his first medals at the Salons of 1848 and 1849, and was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1874. He produced a great number of busts of celebrated persons, Sardou, Massé, Gounod, Augier, and Croizette being the subjects of his best work in that form. He executed the statues of "Le Reveil," "La Foi," "Andromede," "La Mort du Commandant Baroche an Bourget," and other famous statues of France. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	F
Artist nationality	French