Henri-Édouard Lombard
Henri-Édouard Lombard | |
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| Born | 21 November 1855 Marseille, France |
| Died | 23 July 1929 (aged 73) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | École des Beaux-Arts |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Henri-Édouard Lombard (21 November 1855 - 23 July 1929) was a French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome in 1883. He was a professor of sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900 to 1929. He designed public sculptures in Marseille, Nice and Paris.
Early life
[edit]Henri-Édouard Lombard was born on 21 November 1855 in Marseille.[1] He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts.[2]
Career
[edit]Lombard began exhibiting his work at the Salon in 1878.[1] He designed a statue of Pierre Puget on the Place de la Bourse, now known as the Place du Général-de-Gaulle, in Marseille in 1906.[3] It was subsequently moved to Cours Pierre Puget.[3] He designed several statues in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery and a frontispiece called La Provence rurale et maritime on the building of the Caisse d'Épargne in Marseille. He also designed a statue called Nice se donne à la France for the Palais des ducs de Savoie in Nice, Samson et Dalila in Agen, and another statue called La Vérité on the facade of the Palace of Justice of Paris.
Lombard won the Prix de Rome for Mort de Diagoras de Rhodes in 1883.[2][4] He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1894.[5] He was a professor of sculpture at his alma mater, the École des Beaux-Arts, from 1900 to 1929, where he taught evening classes.[4]
Death
[edit]Lombard died on 23 July 1929 in Paris.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kjellberg, Pierre (1994). Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. p. 442. ISBN 9780887406294. OCLC 916143206.
- ^ a b Base Joconde: Mort de Diagoras de Rhodes, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
- ^ a b Blès, Adrien (1989). Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille. Marseille: Éditions Jeanne Laffitte. p. 298. ISBN 9782862761954. OCLC 462008684.
- ^ a b Belleiche, Georges (2006). Statues de Paris: Les rues de la rive droite. Paris: Massin. p. 101. ISBN 9782707205292. OCLC 71887656.
- ^ "Henri Edouard Lombard". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
Gallery
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Sculpture of Pierre Puget, Cours Pierre-Puget, Marseille -
Sculpture in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Marseille -
Sculpture of Raphaël Ponson in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Marseille -
Frontispiece on the Caisse d'Épargne building, Marseille -
Statue on the Palace of Justice, Paris -
Statue of Samson and Dalila in Agen -
Statue in the Palais des ducs de Savoie, Nice -
Statue in Grand Palais, Paris
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