Louis-Félix Chabaud
Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824–1902) was a French sculptor, engraver and medallist.
Louis-Félix Chabaud
Photo: Louis-Emile Durandelle · Public domain
- Name
- Louis-Félix Chabaud
- Born
- March 14, 1824
- Birthplace
- Venelles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Died
- April 25, 1902
- Occupation
- Sculptor, engraver, medallist Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824–1902) was a French sculptor, engraver and medallist.
- Nationality
- France
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Exhibition of French Artists bronze medal
- Languages
- French
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• Name — Louis-Félix Chabaud • Born — March 14, 1824 • Birthplace — Venelles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Died — April 25, 1902 • Place of death — Venelles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Occupation — Sculptor, engraver, medallist Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824–1902) was a French sculptor, engraver and medallist.
Early life
Early life
Louis-Félix Chabaud was born on March 14, 1824, in Venelles, in the South of France.
Career
Career
He designed many sculptures at the Palais Garnier in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1848. He designed the Saint Louis fountain in Aix-en-Provence. In 1860, he also designed one of the sculptures at the top of the Fontaine de la Rotonde in Aix. He served as the mayor of his hometown of Venelles from 1865 to 1870.
Death
Death
He died on April 25, 1902, in Venelles.
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1824
Louis-Félix Chabaud born at Venelles.
1902
Louis-Félix Chabaud died at Venelles.
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Louis-Félix Chabaud received Prix de Rome and Exhibition of French Artists bronze medal.
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- 1.Acte de naissance
- 2.Acte de décès
- 3.Le Commerce et l'agriculture
- 4.Fontaine Saint Louis
- 5.Félix Thévenin
- 6.Diane ou la chasse, RMN
- 7.Marseille au XIXe. Musées de Marseille. 1991. 2-7118-2487-X.
- 8.Paul Masson (sous la direction de), Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 1914, tome 6, pages 808
- 9.Marie-Paule Vial, Le Palais Longchamp, à la gloire de l'eau, des arts et des sciences, Éd. images en manœuvres, 1991, ,
- 10.Marie-Laure Pierard, Le cimetière Montparnasse : son histoire, ses promenades, ses secrets, Éditions de Borée, 2009,
- 11.Gérard Fontaine, Palais Garnier, le fantasme de l'Opéra, Paris, Éd. Noêsis, 1999, ,
- 12.Gérard Fontaine, , .
- 13.Gérard Fontaine, , .
- 14.Ceci est une image, février 2011, mascarons de Chabaud pour le palais garnier photographiés par Louis-Émile Durandelle.
- 15.Tombe de Chabaud, ville de Venelles
- 16.Baptême de Clovis
- 17.Église Saint-Bernard, Musées de la ville de Paris.
- 18.Asile impériale de Vincennes, musées de la ville de Paris
- 19.Au colonel Jean-Charles Langlois, Musées de la ville de Paris
- 20.Joseph Paul Gaimard.
- 21.« Consécration de l'église Saint-Bernard », notice du musée d'Orsay.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Paul Masson (dir.), Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, parus de 1913 à 1937, tome XI, Biographies (« Le bilan du »), .
- Louis Félix Chabaud, paradoxes d'un sculpteur oublié de l'Opéra de Paris. Mare et Martin. 2011. 978-2-84934-078-3.
- Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Jeanne Laffitte. 2006. 978-2-86276-441-2.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3260530: Louis-Félix ChabaudWikimedia Foundation
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