Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
Illustration — Ernest Hiolle, by Alphonse Monchablon. • Illustration — L'Amérique du Nord, by Ernest-Eugène Hiolle Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (5 May 1834 – 5 October 1886) was a French sculptor who specialized in classical and allegorical figures in plaster and bronze, as well as many contemporary portrait busts. Hiolle was born in Valenciennes, where he studied at the École Académique, before studying under François Jouffroy and Laurent Séverin Grandfils at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was runner up in the Prix de Rome of 1856 and in 1863 won the award.
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Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
Ernest-Eugène Hiolle · Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick / Valenciennes - Cimetière Saint-Roch (B25) / Wikimedia Commons · Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1834 · Paris.
- Died
- 1886 · Bois-le-Roi.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · French Academy in Rome
- Teachers
- François Jouffroy · Laurent-Séverin Grandfils
- Known for
- Jean-Antoine Houdon · Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Ernest Hiolle, by Alphonse Monchablon. • Illustration — L'Amérique du Nord, by Ernest-Eugène Hiolle Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (5 May 1834 – 5 October 1886) was a French sculptor who specialized in classical and allegorical figures in plaster and bronze, as well as many contemporary portrait busts. Hiolle was born in Valenciennes, where he studied at the École Académique, before studying under François Jouffroy and Laurent Séverin Grandfils at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was runner up in the Prix de Rome of 1856 and in 1863 won the award.
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Exhibiting at the Salon from 1866, he won medals from 1867 to 1870. After 1870 he participated in the great public building projects of the French Third Republic with sculpture for the Palais Garnier, the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, and elsewhere. In 1873 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. At the salon of 1877 he exhibited bronze busts of Jouffroy and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and at that of 1878 a bronze statue of General Maximilien Sebastien Foy. He also won a medal of honour at the Exposition Universelle (1878). His students included Antonin Carlès.
Ernest-Eugène Hiolle studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under François Jouffroy and Laurent-Séverin Grandfils is recorded. Antonin Carlès is recorded as having studied under Ernest-Eugène Hiolle. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Works named in the authority record are Jean-Antoine Houdon and Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette. Work by Ernest-Eugène Hiolle is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• Narcissus, Jardin du Luxembourg, 1869 • Arion assis sur un dauphin, Jardin du Luxembourg, 1870 • St. Jean de Matha, Panthéon, 1878 • L'Amérique du Nord, Musée d'Orsay square
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1834
Ernest-Eugène Hiolle born at Paris.
1886
Ernest-Eugène Hiolle died at Bois-le-Roi.
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- 1.BLOGAMV. Ernest HIOLLE.
- 2.Emmanuel Bénézit. Dictionary of artists. Band 7: Herring – Koornstra. 2006.
- 3.Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online,. 2009.
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Ernest-Eugène Hiolle studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. He trained under François Jouffroy and Laurent-Séverin Grandfils. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Ernest Eugène Hiolle, Ernest-Eugene Hiolle and Ernest Eugene Hiolle. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Alphonse Colas. Hiolle received Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour. Recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
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