Charles Louis Eugène Virion ( Ajaccio, 1 December 1865"VIRION, Charles Louis Eugène." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'',

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, 30 December 1946) was a noted French sculptor, medallist, and ceramicist, principally of animals.Charles Louis Eugene Virion
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States, 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014. Virion studied sculpture in Paris under Jean-Paul Aubé and

Charles Gauthier Charles Gauthier (7 December 1831 – 5 January 1891) was a French sculptor who was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1872."GAUTHIER, Charles." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'', Oxford University Press. Retrieved ...

and exhibited at the

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from 1886 until the 1930s. He was awarded a distinction in 1893 and became a member the same year. He won a third-class medal in 1895. At the Paris '' Exposition Universelle'' of 1900 he won a bronze medal. He also exhibited at the

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after 1913. After the First World War, he made memorials for several municipalities including those of

Nemours Nemours () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. south of Melun, on the Moret–Lyon railway. Nemours – Saint-Pierre ...

, La Genevraye and Arbonne-la-Forêt.

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* :fr:Charles Virion *http://montignysurloing.pagesperso-orange.fr/village/culture/artistes.htm# *http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_3=AUTR&VALUE_3=%27VIRION%20Charles%20Louis%20Eug%e8ne%27&DOM=All * 1865 births 1946 deaths French ceramists People from Ajaccio Wildlife artists 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists {{France-artist-stub

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