François-Léon Sicard

Despite the prolific populace of noted works throughout Europe, surprisingly little is known about Sicard himself. His work is very similar to that of Gustave Crauk (1827–1920) and Antoine-Augustin Préault (1809–1879), and he may have worked in collaboration with Crauk on some of his sculptures during the early 20th century.

François-Léon Sicard studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Marcel Gaumont, Louis Leygue and Lucille Sévin are recorded as having studied under François-Léon Sicard. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris and Louis-Ernest Barrias. Works named in the authority record are The Good Samaritan and George Sand. Work by François-Léon Sicard is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Musée d'Orsay. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, resident at the Villa Medici, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — François-Léon Sicard • Born — 21 April 1862 • Birthplace — Tours, France • Died — 8 July 1934 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Sculptor lithography • Awards — Prix de Rome 1891

Some of his noted sculptures include: • Le Bon Samaritain (The Good Samaritan), Grand Carré of the Tuileries, Tuileries Gardens, Paris, 1896 • four atlantes for the Hôtel de Ville, Tours, for architect Victor Laloux, c. 1900 • Autel de la Convention nationale ("Monument to the National Convention") or Autel républicain, Panthéon de Paris, 1913 • the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia, completed in France 1926, unveiled on site 1932 • work at the Cercle National des Armées, Paris, for architect Charles Lemaresquier, 1927 • Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx)

• Illustration — Le Bon Samaritain (1896), jardin des Tuileries, Paris. • Illustration — Monument à la Convention nationale (1913), Panthéon de Paris. • Illustration — Monument to Georges Clemenceau