Jules Blanchard
Illustration — La Bocca della verità, by Jules Blanchard Jules Blanchard (25 May 1832 – 2 May 1916) was a French sculptor. Blanchard was born in Puiseaux. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Denis Foyatier.
Jules Blanchard
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- Born
- 1832 · Puiseaux.
- Died
- 1916 · 6th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Teachers
- François Jouffroy
- Known for
- La Bocca della Verità
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — La Bocca della verità, by Jules Blanchard Jules Blanchard (25 May 1832 – 2 May 1916) was a French sculptor. Blanchard was born in Puiseaux. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Denis Foyatier.
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He was a student of François Jouffroy. Blanchard is perhaps best known for his renovation of the Fontaine du Palmier in the Place du Châtelet, Paris.
Training under François Jouffroy is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are La Bocca della Verità. Work by Jules Blanchard is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Palais de la Découverte and Laval Cathedral. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• La Bocca della verità (La bouche de la vérité) (1871), statue, marble, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg • Andromède (Salon de 1892), statue, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg • La Science (commande de 1882), statue, bronze, Paris, by the Hôtel de Ville, Paris • Boccador, Paris, by the Hôtel de Ville • Four caryatids, on the facade of the Hôtel de Ville • Un jeune équilibriste (Salon de 1866), plaster • Jeune Fille parlant au Sphinx, mairie de Puiseaux
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Puiseaux.
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- 1.Archives de Paris Acte de décès dressé le 04/05/1916, vue 18
- 2.Catalogue général officiel de l'exposition universelle de 1889. Tome 1.
- 3.Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, « A-E », Art & Édition, 1930, .
- 4.Catalogue général officiel de l'exposition universelle de 1889. Tome 1.
- 5.Expositions Internationales, Philadephie 1876, France, Oeuvres d'Art et Produits Industriels. Commissariat Général. 1876.
- 6.Base Salons Musée d'Orsay.
- 7.Lacour (Francesca), « Le patrimoine religieux du XIX e siècle à Châteauroux », in actes du colloque « les Patrimoines de la région Centre », Bi-centenaire de l’Académie d’Orléans, 2009, publié en 2010.
- 8.Catalogue des œuvres Alienor.org.
- 9.Catalogue des oeuvres du CNAP.
- 10.Artprice.
- 11.Liste des œuvres du Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP).
- 12.Catalogue des œuvres de Paris Musées.
- 13.Catalogue des œuvres Alienor.org.
- 14.Catalogue des œuvres Alienor.org.
- 15.Monument à monsieur et madame Schneider
- 16.photo.rmn.fr.
- 17.Catalogue des œuvres du Musée d'Orsay.
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