Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire
Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire (born January 9, 1798 in Valenciennes , Département Nord , † August 2, 1880 in Paris ) was a French sculptor of neoclassicism .
Henri Lemaire was a student of Pierre Cartellier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . His main work is the gable decoration of the Madeleine Church in Paris, which depicts the Savior, forgiving the penitent sinner, a dignified work of great plastic beauty.
For the Museum at Versailles , he led the statues of Louis XIV. And General Jean-Baptiste Kléber , for a place in Versailles the monument of General Lazare Hoche , and the pediments of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg , he designed two compositions. His numerous other portrait busts and statues are among the better achievements of French sculpture.
literature
- Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 17 .
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| SURNAME | Lemaire, Philippe Joseph Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1880 |
| Place of death | Paris |