Auguste Carli (12 July 1868 – 28 January 1930) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Early life

Auguste Carli was born on 12 July 1868 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. His younger brother, François Carli (1872-1957), was also a sculptor.Revue de Provence et de Langue d'Oc: artistique, littéraire, scientifique et historique, P. Ruat., 1905, Volumes 7-10, p. 7

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Career

He was a sculptor. He designed two statues on either side of the main staircase of the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles: one, called 'Marseille colonie grecque' ("Marseille, Greek colony") and the other one, called 'Marseille Porte de l'Orient' ("Marseille, door to the East"). Additionally, he designed a sculpture on the building of the Caisse d'Épargne on the corner of Cours Pierre Puget and Place Estrangin in Marseille. He also designed a fountain with a sculpture of

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on the Place Joseph Etienne for Joseph Hippolyte Etienne (1790-1881), which was dedicated in 1906. He designed a statue of Jesus Christ and

Saint Veronica Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike, was a woman from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian sacred tradition. A celebrated saint in many pious Christian countries, the 17th-century ''Acta Sanctorum' ...

, which is displayed inside the

Marseille Cathedral Marseille Cathedral ( French: ''Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Marseille'' or ''Cathédrale de la Major'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Marseille. It has been a basilica minor since 1896. It ...

.Dominique Auzias, ''Marseille 2013 Petit Futé'',

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, 4 Apr 2013, p. 38

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Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (October 14, 1824 – June 29, 1886) was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists. Biography Monticelli was born in Marseille in humble circumstances. He attended the École Municipale de ...

(1824-1886) in the

Palais Longchamp The Palais Longchamp is a monument in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It houses the Musée des beaux-arts and Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. The surrounding Longchamp Park (French: ''Parc Longchamp'') is listed by the Fr ...

Marseille. Additionally, he designed sculptures in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre, a cemetery in Marseille.

Death

He died on 28 January 1930 in Paris.

Legacy

*The ''Place Auguste et François Carli'', a

town square A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true square, geometric square, used for community gathe ...

in Marseille, is named for him and his brother.Google Maps
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Gallery

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carli, Auguste 1868 births 1930 deaths Sculptors from Marseille 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists