Henri Louis Levasseur

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Henri Louis Levasseur (born April 16, 1853 in Paris , † 1934 there ) was a French sculptor .

Life

  • Levasseur's statue Collaborate in Gouda , 2008.

  • Bust of Théodore Rousseau in the Jardin du Luxembourg, 2011.

  • Nude of a Seated Woman, 2007.

Levasseur learned sculpture from Augustin-Alexandre Dumont , Jules Thomas and Eugène Delaplanche . He was the teacher of Ernest Justin Ferrand, Julien Prosper Legastelois, Claudius Marioton and Augustine Simonet.

His work has received several awards, including at the Salon des Artistes Français of the Société des Artistes Français . His art nouveau bronze and stone sculptures were shown in all leading French exhibitions of his time.

Works (selection)

  • Jeune fille avec papillon sur le bras
  • Diane chasseresse
  • Marteleur de pierres
  • Buste de l'Empereur Alexandre II, around 1880
  • Hébé et l'aigle de Jupiter
  • L'empereur Napoléon 1er à cheval
  • Future tense
  • Gloire à la science
  • Le Chanson
  • Danseuse orientale assise sur un sphinx
  • Levasseur's bust Théodore Rousseau stands on the facade of the Orangery in the Jardin du Luxembourg , Paris

literature

  • Philippe Dahhan: Etains (et regules Art-Nouveau). Ed. de l'Amateur (1900)
  • Bénézit 1999
  • Thieme-Becker artist lexicon. General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. EASeemann Verlag, Leipzig. 1907-1950.

Web links

Commons : Henri Louis Levasseur  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henri Louis Levasseur. Artist database at Van Ham art auctions
  2. ↑ Biographical Gegen. Henri Louis Levasseur. of the RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
  3. ↑ Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year, Volume 1898. D. Appleton & Company, 1899.
  4. ^ Sculptures à Paris. Jardin du Luxembourg. Façade de l'Orangerie.
personal data
SURNAME Levasseur, Henri Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1934
Place of death Paris