Camille Lefèvre (1853–1933) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Born in

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cat ...

, in 1870 Lefèvre became a pupil of Jules Cavelier at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Scienc ...

in Paris. In 1878, he won the second

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in sculpture. In 1893 he exhibited at the Chicago World Fair . In 1900 he became a member of the New Society of Painters and Sculptors in 1901 and is made a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

. From 1903 to 1906 he was professor at the National School of Decorative Arts. Throughout his career, Lefevre remained concerned with social issues, participating in charitable works and maintaining relations with the middle left-liberal among artists as Eugène Carrière and journalist Jules Lermina. Among his students was the American sculptor

Frederick Ruckstull Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, German: ''Friedrich Ruckstuhl'' (May 22, 1853 – May 26, 1942) was a French-born American sculptor and art critic. Life and career Born ''Ruckstuhl'' in Breitenbach, Alsace, France, his family moved to St. L ...

. At his death, his collections and his studio was bequeathed to the museum of art and history of Belfort. Other works are kept at the Musée d'Orsay and in provincial museums.

Work

* Monument to Emile Levassor in the Square Alexandre-and-René-Parodi * Pediment of the

Crédit Lyonnais headquarters The Crédit Lyonnais headquarters (the headquarters of the French bank Crédit Lyonnais, now LCL) is a Haussmannian style building located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. It is on the block formed by the Boulevard des Italiens, the rue de ...

, Paris (1880–1883) * ''The Ford'', marble (1884), installed in 1942 in the gardens of Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris * allegorical figure of ''Painting'' (1900), the Grand Palais, Paris * Triumph of the Republic (1902),

* completion of the Monument to

Léon Gambetta Léon Gambetta (; 2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. Early life and education Born in Cahors, Ga ...

(1905), posthumous work of

Jules Dalou Aimé-Jules Dalou (31 December 183815 April 1902) was a 19th-century French sculptor, admired for his perceptiveness, execution, and unpretentious realism. Early life Born in Paris to a working-class family of Huguenot background, he was raised ...

* completion of the Monument Levassor (1907), posthumous work of Dalou, at the Porte Maillot in Paris. * architectural sculpture for the

Gare de Rouen-Rive-Droite Rouen-Rive-Droite is a large railway station serving the city of Rouen, Normandy, France. The station is on Rue Verte in the north of the city. Services are mainly intercity but many services are local. There are also TGV from Le Havre to Marseil ...

(1928)

* This page translated from its French equivalent accessed 4/22/2011

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefevre, Camille 1853 births 1933 deaths French architectural sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture École des Beaux-Arts alumni Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 20th-century French sculptors People from Issy-les-Moulineaux 19th-century French male artists