Paul Richer
Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer (17 January 1849 – 17 December 1933) was a French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor, medallist, and anatomical artist who was a native of Chartres. He was a professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1898). Richer was an assistant to Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière, and from 1882 to 1896 was chief of the laboratory at the Salpêtrière Hospital.
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Paul Richer
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- Born
- 1849. · Chartres.
- Died
- 1933. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- physician, sculptor, neurologist, illustrator, physiologist, anatomist, medalist and photographer.
- Known for
- Premier Artiste.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer (17 January 1849 – 17 December 1933) was a French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor, medallist, and anatomical artist who was a native of Chartres. He was a professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1898). Richer was an assistant to Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière, and from 1882 to 1896 was chief of the laboratory at the Salpêtrière Hospital.
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Artistic Anatomy, translated and edited by Robert Beverly Hale (1971) New Artistic Anatomy: Female Morphology, translated and edited by Allana M. Benham (2015)
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1849
Paul Richer was born in 1849 at Chartres.
1887
Les démoniaques dans l'art / par J.-M. Charcot et Paul Richer. is dated [1887] and held by Wellcome Collection.
1895
Physiologie artistique de l’homme en mouvement / par Paul Richer., dated 1895, held by Wellcome Collection.
1902
L'art et la médecine / par le dr. Paul Richer. is dated [1902] and held by Wellcome Collection.
1933
Paul Richer died in 1933 at Paris.
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Étude descriptive de la grande attaque hystérique ou attaque hystéro-épileptique et de ses principales variétés (1879) Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie (1881) Les Démoniaques dans l'art, with Jean-Martin Charcot (1887) Hypnotisme, with Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1887) Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales, with Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1887) Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpêtrière (1888–1917) Les Difformes et les malades dans l'art, with Jean-Martin Charcot (1889) Anatomie artistique: description des formes extérieures du corps humain au repos et dans les principaux mouvements: avec 110 planches renfermant plus de 300 figures dessinées (1890) Paralysies et contractures hystériques (1892) L'Anatomie dans l'art: proportions du corps humain, canons artistiques et canons scientifiques, conférence faite à l'Association française pour l'avancement des sciences (1893) Physiologie artistique de l'homme en mouvement (1895) Dialogues sur l'art et la science (1897) Introduction à l'étude de la figure humaine (1902) Nouvelle anatomie artistique du corps humain (6 volumes, 1906–1929), including Morphologie: la femme (1920). Nouvelle anatomie artistique. Les animaux (1910) Lettre à en-tête de l"Institut de France (1925)
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- Paul Richer (1849–1933), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2025
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Medallic art
In 1903, Richer was appointed to the chair of artistic anatomy at the École des Beaux-Arts, and in 1907-08 was president of the Société Française d'Histoire de la Médecine (French Society for the History of Medicine). His sculptures can be found in museums throughout Europe, including the Musée d'Orsay. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Works named in the authority record are Premier Artiste. Work by Paul Richer is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres and STAM Ghent City Museum. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
1899 plaquette 50 Years' Jubilee of the Société de biologie. 1900 plaquette Prof. Dr Raphael Blanchard. 1902 plaquette Prof. Dr E. J. Marey. 1903 plaquette Prof. Dr J. B. A. Chauveau. A remarkable work. 1906 plaquette International Medical Congress at Lisbon, etc.
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- 1.Paul Richer. Olympedia.
- 2.Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Spink & Son Ltd. V. 111–115. 1912.
- 3.Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Spink & Son Ltd. VIII. 159. 1930.
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