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François Léon Sicard

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Nationality
  
French

Children
  
Pierre Sicard

Spouse(s)
  
Lilli Scheikevitch


Known for
  
see below

Occupation
  
Sculptor lithography

Name
  
Francois-Leon Sicard

Francois-Leon Sicard

Born
  
April 21, 1862
Tours, France

Died
  
July 8, 1934(1934-07-08) (aged 72) Paris

François-Léon Sicard (April 21, 1862 – July 8, 1934) was a French sculptor in the late 19th and early 20th century. His credits include work on the adornments of the Louvre, and numerous sculptures around the world.

Sicard was born in Tours, studied with Louis-Ernest Barrias, and is known for his lithography and his fiercely patriotic original works of art. Despite the prolific populace of noted works throughout Europe, surprisingly little is known about Sicard himself. His work is very similar to that of Gustave Crauk (1827–1920) and Antoine-Augustin Préault (1809–1879), and he may have worked in collaboration with Crauk on some of his sculptures during the early 20th century.

Notable works

Some of his noted sculptures include:

  • Le Bon Samaritain (The Good Samaritan)
  • Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx)
  • the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia
  • four atlantes for the Hôtel de ville in Tours, circa 1900, for architect Victor Laloux
  • Autel de la Convention nationale or Autel républicain (Panthéon de Paris, France, 1913)
  • References

    François-Léon Sicard Wikipedia