Henri-Édouard Lombard

Henri-Édouard Lombard
Born November 21, 1855
Marseille, France
Died July 23, 1929
Paris, France
Alma mater École des Beaux-Arts
Occupation Sculptor

Henri-Édouard Lombard (November 21, 1855 - July 23, 1929) was a French sculptor. He won the won the Prix de Rome in 1883. He was a Professor of Sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900 to 1929. He designed public sculptures in Marseille, Nice and Paris.

Early life

Henri-Édouard Lombard was born on November 21, 1855 in Marseille.[1] He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts.[2]

Career

Lombard began exhibiting his work at the Salon in 1878.[1] He designed a statue of Pierre Puget on the Place de la Bourse, now known as the Place du Général-de-Gaulle, in Marseille in 1906.[3] It was subsequently moved to Cours Pierre Puget.[3] He designed several statues in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery and a frontispiece called La Provence rurale et maritime on the building of the Caisse d'Épargne in Marseille. He also designed a statue called Nice se donne à la France for the Palais des ducs de Savoie in Nice, Samson et Dalila in Agen, and another statue called La Vérité on the facade of the Palace of Justice of Paris.

Lombard won the Prix de Rome for Mort de Diagoras de Rhodes in 1883.[2][4] He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1894.[5] He was a Professor of Sculpture at his alma mater, the École des Beaux-Arts, from 1900 to 1929, where he taught evening classes.[4]

Death

Lombard died on July 23, 1929 in Paris.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kjellberg, Pierre (1994). Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. p. 442. ISBN 9780887406294. OCLC 916143206.
  2. 1 2 "Mort de Diagoras de Rhodes". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Blès, Adrien (1989). Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille. Marseille: Éditions Jeanne Laffitte. p. 298. ISBN 9782862761954. OCLC 462008684.
  4. 1 2 Belleiche, Georges (2006). Statues de Paris: Les rues de la rive droite. Paris: Massin. p. 101. ISBN 9782707205292. OCLC 71887656.
  5. ↑ "Henri Edouard Lombard". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
Sculptures by Henri-Édouard Lombard
Sculpture of Pierre Puget, Cours Pierre-Puget, Marseille
Sculpture of Pierre Puget, Cours Pierre-Puget, Marseille 
Sculpture in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Marseille
Sculpture in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Marseille 
Sculpture of Raphaël Ponson in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Marseille
Sculpture of Raphaël Ponson in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Marseille 
Frontispiece on the Caisse d'Épargne building, Marseille
Frontispiece on the Caisse d'Épargne building, Marseille 
Statue on the Palace of Justice, Paris
Statue on the Palace of Justice, Paris 
Statue of Samson and Dalila in Agen
Statue of Samson and Dalila in Agen 
Statue in the Palais des ducs de Savoie, Nice
Statue in the Palais des ducs de Savoie, Nice 
Statue in Grand Palais, Paris
Statue in Grand Palais, Paris 
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