Léon-Alexandre Delhomme
Léon-Alexandre Delhomme | |
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| Born | 20 July 1841 Tournon-sur-Rhône |
| Died | 16 March 1895 Paris |
| Nationality | French |
Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (20 July 1841, in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche – 1895 or 1893, in Paris) was French sculptor. He is immortalised by a statue in the cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.[1]
Life
He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of Augustin Dumont (1801–1884) and of Joseph-Hugues Fabisch.
In 1867, he was elected to the municipal council of Paris.[2]
Works
- Statue of the Republic, in the main amphitheatre of the Sorbonne (1889).[3] She is shown as a wise woman between an urn and a lion "removing the veil of ignorance from a young Frenchman", in one of the university's least neutral sculptures (commissioned by Soitoux).[4]
- Statue of Louis Blanc (1811–1882) in bronze, melted down during World War Two, located on Place Monge (Paris, 5th arrondissement)
- Above the entrance to the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville - Paris (4th arr.)
- Bust of the French doctor Stanislas Laugier (1799–1872)
- Statue Defiance known as The Gaul[5]
- Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme.
- Standing warrior (Gaul) [6]
- Medal of Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand[7]
- Cast iron
- Vercingetorix,
- Wounded Gaul,
- Joan of Arc.
Notes
- ^ In Le guide des effigies de Paris, by Jean-Pierre Thomas, Éditeur L'Harmattan, 2003, p. 130, ISBN 978-2-7475-2314-1
- ^ Member of the municipal council of Paris.
- ^ Republic, 1889.
- ^ A République. Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Defiance.
- ^ Standing warrior. Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Medal Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine of Alphand.