Eugène Thivier

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Siméon Eugène Thivier (born October 11, 1845 in Paris , † December 27, 1920 there ) was a French sculptor .

Life

His artistic ambitions found little approval in Thivier's family. Against their resistance he became a private student of Albert Besnard (1849-1934) and Charlotte Gabrielle Dubray (1855-1930); Also Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801-1884) taught him sculpture. In addition, Pierre Loison (1816–1886) is named as his teacher.

Thivier made allegories of happiness and love in a neoclassical style, where he was close to symbolism . He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1865 and became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1887 . Here he received an award in 1887 and a bronze medal in 1892 and 1900.

Eugène Thivier was the brother of the academic painter Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922).

Works (selection)

Thiviers Cauchemar ( Nightmare )

His best-known work Cauchemar ( German  nightmare ), a lush female nude, Thivier created out of white marble. The allegorical sculpture shows a naked, lying woman in the grip of a nightmare, with a gargoyle crawling over her body . The sculpture is now in the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse. Other of his works had titles such as:

  • Fontaine de Jouvence , German fountain of youth , Rio de Janeiro 1906
  • Buste de Alfred Sisley , bust with the image of Alfred Sisley , Moret-sur-Loing 1911
  • Buste d'homme , terracotta bust of a man, Étampes
  • Femme indienne d'Amérique à la harp , Indian woman with harp, bronze
  • Danseuse du ballet de Faust , dancer in the Faust ballet
  • Moissonneuse , harvest helper

literature

Web links

Commons : Eugène Thivier  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Simeon Eugene Thivier. French Classical sculptor. Born 1845 - Died 1920. (See tabs Biography and Relationships ) In: Art Renewal Center
  2. ↑ Biography Eugène Thivier, 1845-1920, Sculpteur français. In: nella-buscot.com.
  3. ↑ a b Thivier, Eugène. Cauchemar. In: augustins.org.
  4. ↑ Thivier, Eugene OR Simeon Eugène (1845-1920), Sculptor. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 1999.
personal data
SURNAME Thivier, Eugène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thivier, Siméon Eugène (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1920
Place of death Paris