Émile Peynot
Émile Edmond Jean Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and Medalist, medallist. Bio Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He died in Paris in 1932. Famous works * ''Marianne'', Place Carnot, Lyon. * Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot. * Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges. * ''Marchand Tunisien'' ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon. * ''La Aurora'' ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires. * ''Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento'' ("Flowers for Domingo Sarmiento, Sarmiento"), Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires. * ''La Lucha Eterna'' ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito. *''Francia a la Argentina'' A gift from the French ...
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Charles Mengin
Charles Auguste Mengin (5 July 1853 – 3 April 1933), was a French academic painter and sculptor. He is known for his painting of the Greek poet Sappho, made in 1877, now in the collection of the Manchester Art Gallery, in England. Early life and education Mengin was born on 5 July 1853 in Paris to Auguste Charles Victor Mengin, a sculptor who died in 1894 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.Archives de Paris
Death certificate No.4029, 14th arrondissement, 6 November 1894] He was educated in both painting and sculpture by Gecker, Alexandre Cabanel, Paul Baudry, and sculptor Aimé Millet, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

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Mengin mainly painted mythical scenes and portraits. He owes his place in art history mainly to his painting ''Sappho'' (18 ...
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