Jean-Pancrace Chastel

Sculpture on top of the former Corn Exchange in Aix-en-Provence

Jean-Pancrace Chastel (1726-1793) was a French sculptor.[1][2][3]

Biography

Early life

He was born in Avignon in 1726 and moved to Aix-en-Provence as a young boy.[2]

Career

Sculpture of a lion

He was the first professor to teach at the School of Sculpture in Aix-en-Provence, founded in 1774.[4]

He sculpted three fountains in Aix-en-Provence: Mule-Noir, Prêcheurs (1748) and Tanneurs (1761).[5][6] He also sculpted the top of the former Corn Exchange. Some of his sculptures can be found in the Musée Granet.[7][8]

Personal life

He married twice, and had a son.[2] He died in poverty in a hospice in Aix-en-Provence.[2][9]

Legacy

The Rue Jean Pancrace Chastel in Avignon is named in his honor.[10]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Le musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, Musées et monuments de France, 2007, p. 84
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 André Hallays, The Spell of Provence, L.C. Page & Company, 1923, p. 90
  3. ↑ Michel Racine, Ernest J.-P. Boursier-Mougenot, Françoise Binet, The gardens of Provence and the French Riviera, MIT Press, 1987, p. 65
  4. ↑ Notice sur la bibliothèque d'Aix, dite de Méjanes: précédée d'un Essai sur l'histoire littéraire de cette ville, sur ses anciennes bibliothèques publiques, sur ses monuments, etc., Firmin Didot frères, 1831, p. 289
  5. ↑ Aix-en-Provence website: Place Prêcheurs
  6. ↑ Dominique Massounie, Les monuments de l'eau: aqueducs, châteaux d'eau et fontaines dans la France urbaine, du règne de Louis XIV à la révolution, Monum Ed. du patrimoine, 2009
  7. ↑ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Les 100 plus beaux musées de France 2012 , Petit Futé, 2012, p. 164
  8. ↑ Alexandre Maral, Sculptures: la galerie du Musée Granet, Somogy, 2003, p. 54
  9. ↑ Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Les rues d'Aix : Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence, Aix-en-Provence: Typographie Aubin, 1846, p. 620-621
  10. ↑ Google Maps
  11. ↑ Google Books