Etienne-Jules Ramey

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Ramey's Theseus and the Minotaur, 1826 Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

[Etienne-] Jules Ramey (Paris 1796 — Paris, 1852) was a French sculptor.

The pupil of his father, Claude Ramey (1754-1838), he trained in the studio of Pierre Cartellier, won the Prix de Rome, with the subject Ulysses recognized by his dog, and collaborated with David d'Angers on the sculptures for the triumphal arch at Marseille, the Porte d'Aix, 1828 to 1839. His worked in partnership with Auguste Dumont and taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. One of his pupils there was the Belgian sculptor Guillaume Geefs.

[edit] Selected works

Thésée combattant le Minotaure (1826), limestone group, Paris, Jardin des Tuileries (illustration)
Saint Luc, limestone Paris, peristyle of the rear façade of the Église de la Madeleine,
Saint Pierre and Saint Paul, limestone, Paris, Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, place Franz-Liszt