Léon Fagel

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Statue of Michel Eugène Chevreul by Léon Fagel.

Léon Fagel (1851–1913) was a French sculptor, best known for his busts.

Fagel was born in Valenciennes, won the second Prix de Rome in 1875, and the Prix de Rome in 1879. He exhibited busts of Chevreul, J. Cavelier, and Le Greffeur at the Exposition Universelle (1900), along with two large reliefs for Sacré-Cœur (Faith and Fortitude).

Selected works

Paris
- La Loi et La Justice, Cour des Comptes
- La Vierge des Marins, Sacré-Cœur
- Lettres, Sorbonne
- Michel Eugène Chevreul, Jardin des Plantes
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jardin des Plantes
- Sculpture, Place du Carrousel
- Silvestre, Comédie-Française
Elsewhere
- Art, École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers Centre de Lille, Lille
- Catherine Joséphine de Raffin, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes
- Charles-François Daubigny, Auvers
- Joseph-François Dupleix, Landrecies
- Monument to the Battle of Wattignies (1793), Maubeuge

References

Daniel Cady Eaton, A Handbook of Modern French Sculpture, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913, page 265.

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Name	Fagel, Leon
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Short description	French artist
Date of birth	1851
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Date of death	1913
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