Francis de Saint-Vidal
Francis de Saint-Vidal | |
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 Bust of Jeanne Granier | |
| Born | 16 January 1840 |
| Died | 18 August 1900 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Francis de Saint-Vidal (16 January 1840 – 18 August 1900) was a 19th-century French sculptor and medalist. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
Works
[edit]- Bust of Ludwig van Beethoven at Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
- La nuit, marble statue, 1884
- Fountain representing the five parts of the world under the Eiffel Tower for the Exposition Universelle (1889), cast produced by the fonderie de Tusey (exact title: La Nuit essayant d'arrêter le génie de la lumière qui s'efforce d'éclairer la vérité - illustration) today on the esplanade des Invalides.[1] It was at the time the subject of a book by Bouniceau-Gesmon and published in Le Monde illustré n° 1656 22 December 1888.
- Bronze statue of Alphonse de Neuville, Place Wagram in Paris, 1889, missing.[2]
- Funerary monument to Alphonse de Neuville at Montmartre Cemetery, 23rd division, 1894.
- Statue of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux at Musée de l'Histoire de France (Versailles).
- Ain El Fouara Fountain in Sétif (1898)
- Monument in honor of Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset (1717–1773), built at the intersection between rue Bonaparte and rue de l'Abbaye in Saint-Germain-des-Prés and inaugurated 3 September 1900 by President Émile Loubet.
- Monument to Hector Berlioz (and in Mainz a work after this monument by Francis de Saint-Vidal).[3]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Francis de Saint-Vidal on data.bnf.fr
- SAINT-VIDAL Francis, de on Société des amis des monuments parisiens
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