François Lanno
Illustration — Fountain at Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris François Gaspard Aimé Lanno (1800 in Rennes – 1871 in Beaumont-du-Gâtinais) was a French sculptor. He was a pupil of François-Frédéric Lemot and Pierre Cartellier. In 1827, he won jointly with Jean-Louis Jaley the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief Mucius Scævola devant Porsenna.
Also recorded as François Gaspard Aimé Lanno
François Lanno
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- Born
- 1800 · Rennes.
- Died
- 1871 · Beaumont-sur-Oise.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- French Academy in Rome
- Teachers
- Pierre Cartellier · François-Frédéric Lemot · Adolphe Leofanti
- Known for
- Esprit Fléchier · Blaise Pascal
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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François Lanno studied at French Academy in Rome. Training under Pierre Cartellier, François-Frédéric Lemot and Adolphe Leofanti is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Esprit Fléchier and Blaise Pascal. Work by François Lanno is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• Camille rompant le traité avec Brennus, 1827, bas-relief, plaster, École des Beaux Arts, Paris • Mucius Scævola devant Porsenna, 1827, bas-relief, plaster, École des Beaux Arts, Paris • Joven Mercurio, 1829, marble, École des Beaux Arts, Paris • François Fénelon, one of the figures at the Fountain of the Four Bishops, stone, Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris • La Récolte des fruits, statue, bronze, fountain on the Place de la Concorde, Paris • Portrait de Nicolas Poussin, Portrait de Eustache Le Sueur, medallions, Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, facade of the Palais des Études • Portrait de Guillaume Gouffier, bust, plaster, Palace of Versailles, Versailles • Apollon et les neuf Muses, 1835, ten statues, theater, Rennes • Blaise Pascal, statue, stone, Cour Napoléon, Louvre, Paris • Esprit Fléchier, statue, stone, also at the Louvre
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François Lanno, a sculptor, was born on 7 January 1800 in Rennes and died in September 1871 in Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val-d'Oise). Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Colonnade de l'église de la Madeleine. Façade ouest. Statue de Saint-Jérôme. Sculpteur:François Gaspard Aimé Lanno
François Lanno

Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord - Buste de Montaigne par Gaspard Aimé Lanno dit François Lanno
Gaspard Aimé Lanno dit François Lanno (1800-1871) · Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord
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1800
François Lanno was born on 16 February 1800.
1871
François Lanno died at Beaumont-sur-Oise.
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Formation and teaching. Lanno studied at French Academy in Rome. He trained under Pierre Cartellier, François-Frédéric Lemot and Adolphe Leofanti. Lanno received Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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