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Emile Peynot


Emile Peynot

Monumento de Francia a la Argentina, 1910. Emile Peynot


Émile Edmund Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist and sculptor.

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Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. He became well-known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He died in Paris in 1932.

Famous works

  • Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon.
  • Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot.
  • Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges.
  • Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.
  • La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.
  • Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.
  • La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito.

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    Émile Peynot Wikipedia
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