Charles Émile Seurre

Nicolas Boileau by Seurre the Younger, cour Napoléon of the palais du Louvre

Charles Marie Émile Seurre or Seurre the Younger (22 February 1798 11 January 1858) was a French sculptor.[1]

Life

Seurre was born and died in Paris. A student of the sculptor Pierre Cartellier, in 1824 Émile Seurre won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a relief on the subject Joseph's tunic brought back to Jacob. Like his elder brother Bernard Seurre, he took part in spreading the Napoleonic legend and is best known for his series of statues of 'great men'.

Works

Sources

  1. Ward-Jackson, Philip (1996). "Seurre" in The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner; vol. 28, p. 506. London: Macmillan. Reprinted 1998 with minor corrections: ISBN 9781884446009.
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