Charles Degeorge
Illustration — Popular is his pigeon post medal of the Siege of Paris 1870–1871, issued by the French Ministère de la Guerre. Charles Jean Marie Degeorge (1837 in Lyon – 1888 in Paris) was a French sculptor, and medallist, whose best-known work, La jeunesse d'Aristote (The Youth of Aristotle) (1875) depicts the philosopher as a semi-nude teenage boy sitting in a large chair, looking bored as he studies a scroll. The statue is As of 2007 in the Musée d'Orsay. • Illustration — Charles Degeorge's statue La jeunesse d'Aristote Degeorge also sculpted a bust of Henri Regnault which was incorporated into Regnault's monument at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris.
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Charles Degeorge
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- Born
- 1837 · Lyon.
- Died
- 1888 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor · medalist · artist
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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- French
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Illustration — Popular is his pigeon post medal of the Siege of Paris 1870–1871, issued by the French Ministère de la Guerre. Charles Jean Marie Degeorge (1837 in Lyon – 1888 in Paris) was a French sculptor, and medallist, whose best-known work, La jeunesse d'Aristote (The Youth of Aristotle) (1875) depicts the philosopher as a semi-nude teenage boy sitting in a large chair, looking bored as he studies a scroll. The statue is As of 2007 in the Musée d'Orsay. • Illustration — Charles Degeorge's statue La jeunesse d'Aristote Degeorge also sculpted a bust of Henri Regnault which was incorporated into Regnault's monument at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris.
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Charles Degeorge was born on 31 March 1837.
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Charles Degeorge died on 2 November 1888.
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Recognition and collections. Degeorge received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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