Léon-Alexandre Delhomme
Encyclopedia
Léon-Alexandre Delhomme was French sculptor. He is immortalised by a statue in the cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
, in the studio of Augustin Dumont (1801–1884) and of Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
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In 1867, he was elected to the municipal council of Paris
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Life
He studied at the École des Beaux-ArtsÉcole des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
, in the studio of Augustin Dumont (1801–1884) and of Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
Joseph-Hugues Fabisch was a French sculptor. He was professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, and official sculptor to the diocese of Lyon.- Life :...
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In 1867, he was elected to the municipal council of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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Works
- Statue of the Republic, in the main amphitheatre of the SorbonneSorbonneThe Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
(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 by Louis BlancLouis BlancLouis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favored reforms, he called for the creation of cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor....
(1811–1882) in bronze, melted down during the 1939-1945 war, located on Place Monge (Paris, 5th arrondissement) - Above the entrance to the Bazar de l'Hôtel de VilleBazar de l'Hôtel de VilleThe Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville or BHV is a department store on rue de Rivoli in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Hôtel de Ville. It is part of the Groupe Galeries Lafayette and served by the Metro station Hôtel de Ville. It has also opened several other shops in France and in Beirut,...
- Paris (4th arr.) - Bust of the French doctor Stanislas LaugierStanislas LaugierStanislas Laugier was a French surgeon and doctor, practising at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, a member of the Institut and of the Académie des Sciences, president and professor of the Académie de Médecine de Paris...
(1799–1872) - Statue Defiance known as The Gaul
- Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme.
- Standing warrior (Gaul)
- Medal of Jean-Charles-Adolphe AlphandJean-Charles AlphandJean-Charles Adolphe Alphand, born in 1817 and died in 1891, interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery , was a French Engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads...
- Cast iron
- Vercingetorix,
- Wounded Gaul,
- Joan of Arc.