Jean-Baptiste Hugues

When he was alive, he gained some fame: his works were exhibited at the Salons and were always commented on by critics and writers at the time. He produced several sculptures including La Fontaine des Danaïdes in Marseille or La Gravure at the National Library, pediments, bas-reliefs on monuments, busts, fountains and ceilings of Parisian restaurants.

Jean-Baptiste Hugues studied at French Academy in Rome. Training under Antoine Bontoux is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are Misery, Louis David and fontaine des Danaïdes. Work by Jean-Baptiste Hugues is recorded in the collections of Centre national des arts plastiques, Musée d'Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

• Ombres de Paolo et Francesca da Rimini, outline for the Prix de Rome, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1877 • Femme jouant avec son enfant, marble, La Piscine (museum of art and industry), Roubaix, 1880 • Œdipe à Colone, Musée d'Orsay, 1885 • La República Argentina, bronze, Escuela Técnica Raggio, Buenos Aires, 1889 • Limoges and Nantes, allegorical statues for the Gare de Tours, for architect Victor Laloux, 1898 • allegorical figures of Courage and Strength for the Hôtel de Ville, Tours, for Laloux, c. 1900 • La Muse de la source, font, marble and bronze, Musée d'Orsay, 1900 • La Misère, Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, 1907 • La Vigne, terracotta, Musée d'Orsay • Buste de M elle Rateau, patinated plaster

Jean-Baptiste Hugues is recorded as having received Prix de Rome.