Georges Gardet
Illustration — Le Lion et la Lionne, gardens of the Vaux-le-Vicomte castel, Maincy (Seine-et-Marne) • Illustration — Eternal Youth, finial figure for the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg • Illustration — Drama in the Desert, Parc Montsouris Georges Gardet (11 October 1863 – 6 February 1939) was a French sculptor and animalier.
Georges Gardet
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- Born
- 1863 · 6th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1939 · 16th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Pierre-Jules Cavelier
- Known for
- Cerf and Biche et Faon · Monument to the Lion of Judah · Golden Boy (Manitoba) · Tragedy in the Desert
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Le Lion et la Lionne, gardens of the Vaux-le-Vicomte castel, Maincy (Seine-et-Marne) • Illustration — Eternal Youth, finial figure for the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg • Illustration — Drama in the Desert, Parc Montsouris Georges Gardet (11 October 1863 – 6 February 1939) was a French sculptor and animalier.
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Biography
Biography
Georges Gardet studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Pierre-Jules Cavelier is recorded. Louis Riché is recorded as having studied under Georges Gardet. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Cerf, Biche et Faon, Monument to the Lion of Judah, Golden Boy (Manitoba) and Tragedy in the Desert. Work by Georges Gardet is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.
The son of a sculptor, Gardet attended the École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Aimé Millet and Emmanuel Fremiet (another noted animalier). Gardet's wife Madeleine was the sister of painter and decorator Jean Francis Auburtin, who collaborated with Gardet on work for the Parisian Exposition Universelle (1900). Gardet was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1900, and was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and the Society of French Artists.
Work
Work
• bronze Drama of the Desert, Parc Montsouris, Paris, 1891 • two animal groups (tiger attacking buffalo, leopard catching a turtle) flanking the entrance to the Musée des Sciences of Laval, France, 1892 • lion groups at the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, circa 1900 • lions at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris • six bronze crocodiles (or "sea monsters") surrounding the base of monument The Triumph of Republic by Jules Dalou, Place de la Nation, added in 1908, scrapped by the Germans in 1941 • Monument to the Lion of Judah, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • gilded finial figure Eternal Youth, along with two bison flanking the grand staircase inside, for the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, 1918 • two groups of deer for the grounds of the Château de Sceaux in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine (outside Paris), 1933 • bronze lion on the grounds of St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts • bronze bison, Harris Circle at east entrance to Pioneers Park, Lincoln, Nebraska installed April 14–15, 1930 and dedicated May 17, 1930
Identity
Identity
Georges Gardet is recorded as sculptor.
Les Cerfs au repos, groupe de statues de Georges Gardet rénové en 2017-2018. Jardin des Plantes de Nantes, (Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France).
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Les Cerfs au repos, groupe de statues de Georges Gardet rénové en 2017-2018. Jardin des Plantes de Nantes, (Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France).
François de Dijon
Life and career
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Life and career
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1863
Georges Gardet born at 6th arrondissement of Paris.
1891
Tragedy in the Desert is dated 1891.
1899
The Triumph of the Republic is dated 1899.
1908
Cerf, Biche et Faon is dated 1908.
1918
Golden Boy (Manitoba) is dated 1918.
1930
Monument to the Lion of Judah is dated 1930.
1939
Georges Gardet died at 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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6th arrondissement of Paris.
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16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Catalogued works
Their recorded dates run from 1891 to 1930.
The Triumph of the Republic
1899
Monument to the Lion of Judah
1930
Golden Boy (Manitoba)
1918
Cerf, Biche et Faon
1908
Tragedy in the Desert
1891
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3102760: Georges Gardet
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- “Georges Gardet”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- VIAF cluster 40129635 for Georges Gardet, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- 1.Archives de l’état civil de Paris en ligne, acte de naissance . Fils de Joseph Gardet, sculpteur, et de Cécile Bouchaton.
- 2.Statues de Paris. Massin. 2006. 2-7072-0528-1.
- 3.Sculptures du XVIIe au XXe siècle. Somogy. 2017. 978-2-7572-1269-1.
- 4.Bernard Morot-Gaudry, « La sculpture en Morvan au et début du », Bulletin de l'Académie du Morvan, n°82, 2017, p.13.
- 5.L'un des trois exemplaires existants dans le monde.
- 6.Famille Guinle.
- 7.Le Golden Boy. gov.mb.ca.
- 8.Numéro d'inventaire 2367 ( ).
- 9.data0.eklablog.com.
- 10.La Mort et les Statues. Les éditions de l'Amateur. 2008. 978-2-85917-489-7.
- 11.Palissy IM92000519 .
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Georges Gardet studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Pierre-Jules Cavelier. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Those registers additionally record the forms Georges Gardet, 1863-1939, Georges Gardet sculpteur français, Georges Gardet, dessinateur, Georges Gardet, Frans beeldhouwer (1863-) and Georges Gardet, Fransız heykeltıraş (1863 – 1939).
Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 4: Cerf, Biche et Faon, Monument to the Lion of Judah, Golden Boy (Manitoba) and Tragedy in the Desert. Gardet received Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Recognition and collections
Work by Georges Gardet is
Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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