Jean Gautherin

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Jean Gautherin (born December 28, 1840 in Savault , Département Nièvre , † July 21, 1890 in Paris ) was a French sculptor .

Life

Jean Gautherin first learned the wood carving trade. In 1864 he began studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a student of Charles Gumery , Paul Dubois and Alexandre Falguière and made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1865 with a bronze medallion by the docteur Simon Marx for his tomb in the Paris Père Lachaise cemetery . He took part in the exhibitions every year until 1890 and showed, among other things, a statue of Narcissus in 1868 , a bust of his teacher Gumery and in 1870 a statue of St. Sebastian. The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen has some of his works, including the marble seated statue of Empress Maria Fedorovna from the year 1889th

Works (selection)

  • Clotilde de Surville marble, 1874
  • Paradise Lost (1878, in marble 1881) in Parc Monceau
  • The Republic or ( Marianne ) 1879
  • City Hall in Paris: colossal statues of War and Peace , Sale St. Jean; Marble bust of the République française , Salle du budget; Relief city ​​of Paris , main facade; 1880
  • Seating picture Denis Diderot , 1884, on Boulevard Saint-Germain , in front of No. 145, where he once lived
  • The work , bronze statue, 1884
  • Bronze bust of the painter Aligny
  • Bust of the painter Paul Chenavard , 1890
  • several models for silver statuettes for the Christofle arts and crafts house

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personal data
SURNAME Gautherin, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Savault , Nièvre department
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1890
Place of death Paris