Pierre-Jules Cavelier
Pierre-Jules Cavalier (born August 30, 1814 in Paris ; died January 28, 1894 there ) was a French sculptor .
Life
Cavelier was the son of a silversmith and carpenter and pupil of the sculptor David d'Angers and the painter Paul Delaroche . In 1842 Cavalier won the Prix de Rome with a plaster statue of Diomedes entering the Palladium . From 1843 to 1847 he continued his education in Rome and lived there in the Villa Medici . In 1864 he was appointed professor at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris , where he taught many students, including Édouard Lantéri, Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Louis-Ernest Barrias , Eugène Guillaume , the British Alfred Gilbert, the Swiss Max Leu and the American George Gray Barnard , as well as the Finn Ville Vallgren .
Famous works
- Two caryatids , group of sketches, terracotta, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1854
- Cornélie, mother of the Gracchengruppe, marble, Paris, Orsay Museum, 1861
- Angels on the bell tower, Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris
gallery
Palais du Louvre
Right church tower angel Saint Germain
Fontaine at the Palais Longchamp in Marseille
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pierre Jules Cavelier - Sculptor: Penelope. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
- ^ Cavelier, Pierre Jules . In: Hermann Alexander Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon . 1882, p. 98.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavelier, Pierre-Jules |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cavalier, Pierre-Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1894 |
| Place of death | Paris |