Henri-Édouard Lombard (21 November 1855 - 23 July 1929) was a French sculptor. He won the
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 1883. He was a Professor of Sculpture at the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
from 1900 to 1929. He designed public sculptures in
Marseille
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,
Nice
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and Paris.
Early life
Henri-Édouard Lombard was born on 21 November 1855 in Marseille.
He graduated from the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
.
Career
Lombard began exhibiting his work at the
Salon in 1878.
He designed a statue of
Pierre Puget
Pierre Paul Puget (16 October 1620 – 2 December 1694) was a French Baroque painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. His sculpture expressed emotion, pathos and drama, setting it apart from the more classical and academic sculpture of the ...
on the Place de la Bourse, now known as the
Place du Général-de-Gaulle, in Marseille in 1906.
It was subsequently moved to
Cours Pierre Puget.
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
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
, ''Samson et Dalila'' in
Agen
The commune of Agen (, ; ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux.
Geography
The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department ...
, and another statue called ''La Vérité'' on the facade of the
Palace of Justice of Paris.
Lombard won the
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 ...
for ''Mort de Diagoras de Rhodes'' in 1883.
He became 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 ...
in 1894.
He was a Professor of Sculpture at his alma mater, the École des Beaux-Arts, from 1900 to 1929, where he taught evening classes.
Death
Lombard died on 23 July 1929 in Paris.
References
Gallery
1855 births
1929 deaths
Sculptors from Marseille
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
French male sculptors
19th-century French sculptors
20th-century French sculptors
Prix de Rome for sculpture
Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
19th-century French male artists
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