Georges Bareau

Georges Bareau studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Charles Gauthier and Gabriel Thomas is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Works named in the authority record are Monument à Jules Verne, Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1870 and Monument aux morts de la Première Guerre mondiale. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Born — 11 April 1866 • Birthplace — Paimbœuf • Died — 4 January 1931 • Place of death — Nantes • Occupation — artist

• Illustration — La Vision du Poète (1902), Paris, jardin du Ranelagh. Georges Bareau's father was a carpenter in Paimbœuf. He entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris where he was a pupil of Charles Gauthier and Gabriel-Jules Thomas. He exhibited at the Salon from 1889. In 1893, he won a third medal at the Salon de la Société des artistes français and then, the following year, a vermeil medal at the Exposition universelle de Lyon. He was awarded the Salon prize in 1895, and at the end of the Brussels International Exhibition of 1897, he was placed out of competition. A gold medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris crowned his career. He was promoted to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour in December 1906. Georges Bareau died in Nantes on 4 January 1931 bequeathing all his works to the City of Saint-Nazaire. He is buried in Nantes at the Miséricorde Cemetery.

The majority of these were made by the foundry workshop of Ferdinand Barbedienne. • David in front of Saul, Salon of 1893 • The Conqueror, 1894 • L'Appel des armes • Poetry • Diana Riding an Eagle • "Allegory of History". • Vox Pacis • The Falconer • Fortune • Allegory of Letters * • Figure of a ploughman * • The Blacksmith • Illustration — Pour le drapeau, top group of the Monument to the dead of the 1870 war (1897), Nantes. • Illustration — L'Histoire (circa 1900), Musée des beaux-arts de Besançon. • Illustration — Le Temps créant la Sagesse (1902), marble, musée des beaux-arts de Nantes. • Illustration — Monument to Jacques Cartier (1905), remparts of Saint-Malo. • Illustration — Monument to Jules Verne (1910) jardin des plantes de Nantes. The bust of Jules Verne (1945) is by Jean Mazuet.

Works recorded as notable number 3: Monument à Jules Verne, Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1870 and Monument aux morts de la Première Guerre mondiale.

Georges Bareau is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour.