Eugène-Louis Lequesne
Illustration — La Renommée retenant Pégase (Renown holding back Pegasus), Palais Garnier, Paris • Illustration — La Bonne Mère (The Good Mother), Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille • Illustration — Triton blowing on a conch shell situated to the right of the château d’eau, Palais Longchamp, Marseille • Illustration — Triton blowing on a conch shell, situated to the left of the château d’eau, Palais Longchamp, Marseille Eugène-Louis Lequesne (or Le Quesne; 15 February 1815 – 3 June 1887) was a French sculptor. Lequesne was born and died in Paris. In 1841, he entered the École nationale des beaux-arts, in James Pradier's workshop.
Also recorded as Eugene-Louis Lequesne
Eugène-Louis Lequesne
Gaston Vuillier · Le Monde illustré, 25 juin 1887 (Gallica) · Public domain
- Full name
- Eugène-Louis Le Quesne.
- Born
- 1815. · 4th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1887. · 8th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- sculptor, lawyer and chess player.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
- Known for
- Philippe de Commynes, Fame Holding back Pegasus, Le Faune dansant and Statue de Notre-Dame de la Garde.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour and gold medal.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — La Renommée retenant Pégase (Renown holding back Pegasus), Palais Garnier, Paris • Illustration — La Bonne Mère (The Good Mother), Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille • Illustration — Triton blowing on a conch shell situated to the right of the château d’eau, Palais Longchamp, Marseille • Illustration — Triton blowing on a conch shell, situated to the left of the château d’eau, Palais Longchamp, Marseille Eugène-Louis Lequesne (or Le Quesne; 15 February 1815 – 3 June 1887) was a French sculptor. Lequesne was born and died in Paris. In 1841, he entered the École nationale des beaux-arts, in James Pradier's workshop.
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In 1843, he won the second Prix de Rome, and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster bas-relief entitled Pyrrhus tuant Priam (Pyrrhus killing Priam). He lived at the Académie de France à Rome from 1844 to 1849, alongside Jean-Louis Charles Garnier. In 1855, he was awarded the Great Prize for sculpture at the Exposition Universelle, and received the Légion d'honneur.
Eugène-Louis Lequesne studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Ernest Rancoulet, Frédéric-Louis-Désiré Bogino and Émile Soldi-Colbert are recorded as having studied under Eugène-Louis Lequesne. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Philippe de Commynes, Fame Holding back Pegasus, Le Faune dansant and Statue de Notre-Dame de la Garde. Work by Eugène-Louis Lequesne is recorded in the collections of musée Muséum départemental des Hautes-Alpes, Palais Longchamp, Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Musée de Picardie and Palais Garnier. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour and gold medal.
• figures representing Rouen and Amiens, on the façade of the Gare du Nord, Paris, circa 1862 • colossal finial figure of La Bonne Mère (The Good Mother), Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille, 1867 • plaster figure of Camulogene, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 1872 • two Pegasus figures, Palais Garnier, Paris • Faune Dansant (Dancing Faun), Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris • La Foi, La Charité et L'Espérance (Faith, Charity and Hope), Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris • two medallions on the façade of the Musée de Picardie in Amiens: Thuillier Constant and Du Cange • two caryatids on the façade of the Musée de Picardie in Amiens: L'Industrie and La Sculpture • Masque d’Homère (Mask of Homer), Museum of Beaufort • Faune Dansant (Dancing Faun), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux • Prêtresse de Bacchus (Priestess of Bacchus), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai • À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles (What young girls dream of) and Vercingétorix vaincu défiant les soldats romains (Defeated Vercingetorix defying Roman soldiers), Museum of Chartres • Le buste de Laënnec (Bust of Laënnec), Faculté de médecine de Paris • Thuillier, Museum of Roanne • Le Maréchal de Saint-Arnaud (Marshal Saint-Arnaud), Palace of Versailles • Renommée retenant Pégase (Renown holding back Pegasus), Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Eugène-Louis Lequesne is recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
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1815
Eugène-Louis Lequesne born at 4th arrondissement of Paris.
1851
Le Faune dansant is dated 1851.
1868
Fame Holding back Pegasus is dated 1868.
1870
Statue de Notre-Dame de la Garde is dated 1870.
1881
Bust of Marianne is dated 1881.
1887
Eugène-Louis Lequesne died at 8th arrondissement of Paris.
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4th arrondissement of Paris.
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Eugène-Louis Lequesne received Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour and gold medal.
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Eugène-Louis Lequesne studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Eugène-Louis Lequesne was recorded at birth as Eugène-Louis Le Quesne. The authorities additionally record the heading Eugene-Louis Lequesne. His recorded language was French. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 4: Philippe de Commynes, Fame Holding back Pegasus, Le Faune dansant and Statue de Notre-Dame de la Garde. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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