Antonin Carlès
Jean-Antonin Carles (1851 – 18 February 1919) was a French sculptor. • Illustration — Antonin Carlès' portrait, by Armand Berton • Illustration — Retour de chasse, by Antonin Carlès, 1888, Jardin des Tuileries Born in Gimont, Carlès began his studies in Marseille and then successively to the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse and that of Paris. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy (1806–1882) and Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (1834–1886), he won the Grand Prix de l'Exposition Universelle in 1889. He belonged to the Society of French Artists.
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Antonin Carlès
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- Born
- 1851 · Gimont.
- Died
- 1919 · 9th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- François Jouffroy · Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
- Known for
- Retour de chasse · Minerva and the Bell Ringers
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Jean-Antonin Carles (1851 – 18 February 1919) was a French sculptor. • Illustration — Antonin Carlès' portrait, by Armand Berton • Illustration — Retour de chasse, by Antonin Carlès, 1888, Jardin des Tuileries Born in Gimont, Carlès began his studies in Marseille and then successively to the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse and that of Paris. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy (1806–1882) and Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (1834–1886), he won the Grand Prix de l'Exposition Universelle in 1889. He belonged to the Society of French Artists.
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Several models of his sculptures (La Jeunesse, Retour de chasse) are kept at the Musée des Jacobins d'Auch (Gers). He died in Paris.
Antonin Carlès studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under François Jouffroy and Ernest-Eugène Hiolle is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Works named in the authority record are Retour de chasse and Minerva and the Bell Ringers. Work by Antonin Carlès is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay and Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour.
• La Cigale, plaster, Salon de 1878, Musée de Lectoure (Gers). • Le Mendiant, plaster, Salon de 1879, Musée des Jacobins d'Auch (Gers). • Charles VII, stone, 1879, facade of the city hall of Compiègne (Oise). • Abel, plaster, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers. • Abel, marble, Musée d'Orsay. • La Jeunesse, plaster, Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine. • La Jeunesse, marble, 1885, Musée d'Orsay (Paris). • Retour de Chasse, bronze, awarded at the Exposition Universelle of 1889, Jardin des Tuileries (Allée de Diane) in Paris. • Hommage à Pierre Goudouli, Salle des Illustres at the Capitole de Toulouse. • Au Champ d'Honneur, stone, 1894, Château de La Boissière-École. • Sépulture d'Henri Cernuschi, stone, 1896, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (Section 66). • Etude, bust, marble, exposed at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français of 1898. • Paul Kruger, plaster of Paris, 1902, Ditsong Kruger House, Pretoria. • Bacchus, bronze, 1903, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. • Monument au Commandant Olympe Hériot, marble, 1906, Ecole Hériot, La Boissière-École. • Portrait de Mlle Simone, marble, exposed at the Salon des Artistes Français of 1907. • Bust of Armand Fallières, marble, 1908, Palais de l'Élysée. • Le Lot-et-Garonne à ses enfants illustres; les Lauriers, bronze, 1912, Agen. • Monuments aux enfants Schneider, bronze, 1913, Le Creusot (Bourgogne). • Max Barthou - Fils de Léon Barthou, marble, 1913, Musée d'Orsay (Paris). • Buste d'adolescent, marble, 1913, Musée du Luxembourg (Paris). • Patrie, marble, exposed at the Salon des Artistes Français de 1914. • Monument for Louis Pasteur, bronze, Dôle. • Buste d'Henri Cernuschi, marbel, Musée Alsacien (Strasbourg).
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1851
Antonin Carlès born at Gimont.
1919
Antonin Carlès died at 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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- “Antonin Carlès”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Son acte de décès (n°196) dans les registres de décès du 9ème arrondissement de Paris pour l'année 1919
- 2.Archives nationales de France, base Léonore, cote LH/428/41.
- 3.La Jeunesse, notice du catalogue en ligne du musée d’Orsay.
- 4.Le Figaro, n° 51, 20 février 1919 (en ligne).
- 5.La Cigale, notice de la base Archim.
- 6.Le Mendiant, notice de la base Archim.
- 7., Charles VII, notice de la base Archim).
- 8.Base Joconde 000SC018063 Abel .
- 9.Abel, notice du catalogue en ligne du musée d’Orsay.
- 10.La Jeunesse, notice de la base Archim.
- 11.Base Joconde 000SC013075 La Jeunesse .
- 12.Base Joconde 01370016295 Jules Breton, peintre .
- 13.Retour de Chasse, notice du catalogue en ligne du musée d’Orsay.
- 14.Étude, notice de la base Archim.
- 15.Étude, notice illustrée de la base Archim.
- 16.Base Joconde 000SC013073 Bacchus .
- 17.Bacchus, notice du catalogue en ligne du musée d’Orsay.
- 18.Armand Fallières, notice de la base Archim.
- 19.Le Lot-et-Garonne à ses enfants illustres, notice de la base Archim.
- 20.Le Creusot - France - Les statues .
- 21.Max Barthou. Fils de Léon Barthou, notice du catalogue en ligne du musée d’Orsay.
- 22.Buste d’adolescent, notice de la base Archim.
- 23.memorial14-18.paris.fr
- 24.Histoire d'Auch et du pays d'Auch. Horvath. 1980. 978-2-7171-0109-6.
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Formation and teaching. Carlès studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under François Jouffroy and Ernest-Eugène Hiolle. Carlès received Commander of the Legion of Honour.
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