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Name
  
Jules Blanchard


Jules Blanchard

Died
  
May 2, 1916, Paris, France

Jules Blanchard (25 May 1832 – 2 May 1916) was a French sculptor.

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Blanchard was born in Puiseaux. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Denis Foyatier. 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.

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Selected works

  • 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

    • References

    Jules Blanchard Wikipedia
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