Auguste Carli
Auguste Carli (12 July 1868 – 28 January 1930) was a French sculptor. • Illustration — 'Marseille Porte de l'Orient' by Auguste Carli along the main staircase of the Gare Saint-Charles
Also recorded as Auguste Henri Carli
Auguste Carli

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- Name
- Auguste Carli
- Born
- 12 July 1868
- Birthplace
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Died
- 1930 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · École des beaux-arts de Marseille
- Teachers
- Émile Aldebert · Pierre-Jules Cavelier
- Languages
- French
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Auguste Carli (12 July 1868 – 28 January 1930) was a French sculptor. • Illustration — 'Marseille Porte de l'Orient' by Auguste Carli along the main staircase of the Gare Saint-Charles
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Auguste Carli studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École des beaux-arts de Marseille. Training under Émile Aldebert and Pierre-Jules Cavelier is recorded. Raymond Persin is recorded as having studied under Auguste Carli. The recorded working language is French. Work by Auguste Carli is recorded in the collections of Petit Palais and Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris.

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite (upper part), Auguste Carli, Place Joseph Etienne, Marseille, 2012
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• Name — Auguste Carli • Born — 12 July 1868 • Birthplace — Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Sculptor • Relatives — François Carli (brother)
Early life
Early life
Auguste Carli was born on 12 July 1868 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. His younger brother, François Carli (1872-1957), was also a sculptor.
Career
Career
He was a sculptor. He designed two statues on either side of the main staircase of the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles: one, called 'Marseille colonie grecque' ("Marseille, Greek colony") and the other one, called 'Marseille Porte de l'Orient' ("Marseille, door to the East"). Additionally, he designed a sculpture on the building of the Caisse d'Épargne on the corner of Cours Pierre Puget and Place Estrangin in Marseille. He also designed a fountain with a sculpture of Amphitrite on the Place Joseph Etienne for Joseph Hippolyte Etienne (1790-1881), which was dedicated in 1906. He designed a statue of Jesus Christ and Saint Veronica, which is displayed inside the Marseille Cathedral. He also designed the tomb of Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824-1886) in the Palais Longchamp Marseille. Additionally, he designed sculptures in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre, a cemetery in Marseille.
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He died on 28 January 1930 in Paris.
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Auguste Carli is recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as sculptor, painter and teacher.
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1868
Auguste Carli was born on 12 July 1868.
1930
Auguste Carli died on 28 January 1930.
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Marseille.
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• The Place Auguste et François Carli, a town square in Marseille, is named for him and his brother.
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Auguste Carli studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École des beaux-arts de Marseille. He trained under Émile Aldebert and Pierre-Jules Cavelier. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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