Mathurin Moreau

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Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style.

Moreau was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the XIXe arrondissement, Paris, and in 1912 had a street named in his honor.

[edit] Selected works

• La Fileuse, marble, Palais du Luxembourg
• Cologne, limestone, 1865, façade de la gare du Nord
• Nymphe fluviale, the Place du Theâtre-Français, Paris (1874)
• L'Océanie, from the Exposition Universelle (1878), Musée d'Orsay courtyard
• Zenobe Gramme, bronze, Musée des Arts et Métiers courtyard, Paris
• Monument de Joigneaux, for which he received the medal of honor, Salon of 1897

[edit] References

• Insecula entry (French)
• Article after le Grand dictionnaire Larousse du XIXe siècle, Tomes 12 and 13, articles and supplements 1875-1890.