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Leon-Alexandre Delhomme


Leon-Alexandre Delhomme

Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (20 July 1841, Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche – 1895 or 1893, Paris) was French sculptor. He is immortalised by a statue in the cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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Life

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He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of Augustin Dumont (1801–1884) and of Joseph-Hugues Fabisch.

In 1867, he was elected to the municipal council of Paris.

Works

  • Statue of the Republic, in the main amphitheatre of the Sorbonne (1889). She is shown as a wise woman between an urn and a lion "removing the veil of ignorance from a young Frenchman", in one of the university's least neutral sculptures (commissioned by Soitoux).
  • Statue of Louis Blanc (1811–1882) in bronze, melted down during World War Two, located on Place Monge (Paris, 5th arrondissement)
  • Above the entrance to the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville - Paris (4th arr.)
  • Bust of the French doctor Stanislas Laugier (1799–1872)
  • Statue Defiance known as The Gaul
  • Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme.
  • Standing warrior (Gaul)
  • Medal of Jean-Charles-Adolphe Alphand
  • Cast iron
  • Vercingetorix,
  • Wounded Gaul,
  • Joan of Arc.

    • References

    Léon-Alexandre Delhomme Wikipedia
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