Jean-Jacques Elshoecht
Jean-Jacques Elshoecht , also Carle Elshoecht (born May 10, 1791 in Bergues , † February 27, 1856 in Paris ), was a French sculptor .
Life
Elshoecht was the son and student of the painter and sculptor Jean-Louis Elshoecht . In 1822 he went to Paris, where the sculptor and draftsman François Joseph Bosio became his teacher. Between 1824 and 1853 Elshoecht exhibited many of his sculptural works at the Salon de Paris , including mainly portraits. In 1824 he won a third class medal there and a second class medal in 1827. He received government and church commissions in large numbers. One of his students was Paul Duboy .
Works (selection)
- Statue of Mary , Saint-Ouen Abbey
- Statues of the Good Shepherd and the four Evangelists , Église Saint-Christophe in Tourcoing
- Figures of angels for high altar and pulpit , Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Paris)
- Triton and Nereid , two figures of the Fontaine des Mers fountain on Place de la Concorde , Paris
- Group of merchant shipping on a pediment of the Louvre art museum , Paris
- History of Jurisprudence , Town Hall, Laon
- Horace and Quintilian , busts in the Collège de France , Paris
- Marquis de Mirabeau , bust in the Sainte-Geneviève library , Paris
Elshoecht also made tombs that were erected in the Parisian cemeteries Père Lachaise and Cimetière de Montmartre , including those for Jean-François Lesueur and Joseph Ottavi . Several French museums have works by Elshoecht in their holdings, such as the Musée de Picardie in Amiens (marble bust of Napoleon ), the Musée de Dieppe in Dieppe Castle (bust Charlotte Corday ), the Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai (bust Victor-Joseph Delcambres , Bas-Relief Marceline Desbordes-Valmores , Statuette Jean Barts ), the Musée du Louvre in Paris (Statue Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, 'Duc de Chartres ', Statuette Therese Elßler as Queen Mab in Romeo and Juliet ), the Musée des beaux-arts in Dole (male bust) and museums in Lyon, Marseilles, and Versailles. The largest collection of Elshoecht's works is in the Musée communal in Dunkirk . A statue of Mathilde of Flanders stands in Paris' Jardin du Luxembourg .
Triton at the fountain of the Place de la Concorde
Nereid at the fountain of the Place de la Concorde
Mathilde von Fladern, Jardin du Luxembourg
History of Justice, Laon Town Hall
Bust of Joseph Ottavi, Cimetière du Montparnasse
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literature
- Elshoecht, Jean Jacques Marie Carl Vital (1797-1856), Sculptor In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
- Elshoecht, Carle . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 487 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Elshoecht, Carl . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 33, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22773-6 , p. 391.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Elshoecht, Carle . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 487 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Elshoecht, Jean-Jacques Marie Carl Vital (1797-1856) . In: SUDOC , IdRef 143465686.
- ↑ Duboy (Paul) . In: Stanislas Lami : Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française . XIX, II, p. 224.
- ↑ a b Elshoecht, Jean Jacques. In: Base Joconde
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elshoecht, Jean-Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elshoecht, Jean-Jacques-Marie-Carle-Vita (full name); Elshoecht, Carle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergues |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1856 |
| Place of death | Paris |