Émile Peynot

Émile Peynot studied at French Academy in Rome. Training under Léo Roussel is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Work by Émile Peynot is recorded in the collections of Vanderbilt Museum of Art and Musée d'Orsay. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Émile Peynot • Birth Name — Émile Edmond Peynot • Born — 22 November 1850 • Birthplace — Villeneuve-sur-Yonne • Died — 12 December 1932 • Place of death — Paris, France • Notable Works — Sculpture • Awards — Prix de Rome (1880)

Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He created war memorials in Bar-le-Duc, Charenton-le-Pont, Ecouen, Joigny, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Liévin, Sens and for his home town, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. He died in Paris in 1932.

• Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon. • Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot. • Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges. • Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon. • Tunisian Merchant, 1883, Brooklyn Museum, New York. • La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires. • Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires. • La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), Parque El Ejido, Quito. • Francia a la Argentina A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts. • Illustration — Francia a la Argentina, Buenos Aires • Illustration — François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains • Illustration — Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon • Illustration — Shield of the City of Paris, Petit Palais • Illustration — Monument to Domingo Sarmiento, Buenos Aires • Illustration — La Lucha Eterna (The Eternal Struggle), Quito