Jean-Baptiste Baujault
Illustration — Jeune Gaulois or Au gui l'an neuf!, marble, 1870–1875, Paris, Musée d'Orsay Jean-Baptiste Baujault (born 19 April 1828 in La Crèche, Deux-Sèvres, died in 1899) was a French sculptor.
Jean-Baptiste Baujault

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- Born
- 1828 · La Crèche.
- Died
- 1899 · La Crèche.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Teachers
- François Jouffroy
- Known for
- La Botanique
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jeune Gaulois or Au gui l'an neuf!, marble, 1870–1875, Paris, Musée d'Orsay Jean-Baptiste Baujault (born 19 April 1828 in La Crèche, Deux-Sèvres, died in 1899) was a French sculptor.
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Biography
Training under François Jouffroy is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are La Botanique. Work by Jean-Baptiste Baujault is recorded in the collections of Musée Bernard d'Agesci and Musée d'Orsay. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
The marble statue named Jeune Gaulois, kept at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris belongs to the series of Gauls which occupied much the second half of the 19th century. The mistletoe and the sickle have disappeared. He participated in the Prix de Rome, but didn't win. He lived and worked in Paris, at Montparnasse and Montmartre, but went into exile in the region of Nantes during the 1870 War. He held the Légion d'Honneur.
Main works
Main works
• Premier Miroir, 1873, marble, Niort, Musée Bernard d'Agesci • Jeune Gaulois or Au gui l'an neuf!, 1870–1875, marble, Paris, Musée d'Orsay • Bust of Antoine Chintreuil, 1879, public monument, Septeuil, France
Life and career
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Life and career
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1828
Jean-Baptiste Baujault born at La Crèche.
1899
Jean-Baptiste Baujault died at La Crèche.
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- 1.Acte de naissance de Baptiste Baujault sur le site des archives départementales des Deux-Sèvres, commune de Breloux, le 20 avril 1828.
- 2.Acte de décès de Baptiste Baujault sur le site des archives départementales des Deux-Sèvres, commune de Breloux, le 27 novembre 1899.
- 3.« Obsèques à La Crèche du sculpteur Baptiste Baujault », Le Temps, (en ligne sur Gallica).
- 4.Base Léonore LH/144/66 Dossier de Jean-Baptiste Baujault .
- 5.Le Premier miroir, notice d'œuvre, base de données Alienor, page consultée le 4 octobre 2018.
- 6.Les statues de l'Hôtel de Ville. Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies. 1892.
- 7.Notice de l'œuvre, base de données du musée d'Orsay, page consultée le 4 octobre 2018.
- 8.harvsp Dupuy 1999 loc=no 214, p. 15-17 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Baptiste Baujault, artiste statuaire. Société historique et archéologique du Val de Sèvre. 2002.
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