Henri Alfred Jacquemart

Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart () (24 February 1824, in Paris – 4 January 1896, in Paris), often known as Alfred Jacquemart, was a noted French sculptor and animalier. He usually signed his works: ''A. Jacquemart''.

Jacquemart studied under painter Paul Delaroche and sculptor Jean Baptiste Jules Klagmann. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1845.

Jacquemart exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1847–1879, receiving medals in 1857, 1863 and 1865. He traveled in Egypt and Turkey, and was commissioned by the city of Alexandria, Egypt, to create a colossal statue of Muhammad Ali of Egypt.

He sculpted in large, medium and small scale. Many of his works were cast in bronze by the Val d' Osne foundry and some by the silversmith Christofle. Ultimately, however, he earned his reputation for his many larger animal works. In 1870 Jacquemart became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.

Jacquemart died suddenly at his apartment in the Rue de Babylone, Paris on the night of 4 January 1896. His funeral was delayed until 13 January for the arrival of his son, Maurice, who lived in Tunis and was held at the Eglise Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Paris.

Selected works

* ''Sphinxes'' (four), La Fontaine du Palmier, Paris, 1858
* ''Chimera'' (two), La Fontaine Saint-Michel, Paris, c.1860
* ''Evangelists'' (four), Église Saint-Augustin de Paris, 1862
* ''Valet au chiens'' (''Huntsman and dogs''), many castings (see examples below), 1866
* ''Louis XII on horseback'', bas relief Hotel de Ville de Compiegne, 1869
* ''Viceroy Mohammed Ali'', Alexandria, 1872
* ''Statue of Sakka'', Cairo, 1872
* ''Lions'' (four), originally meant to stand guard by the statue of Mohammed Ali, but fattened and lengthened by two metres and placed at the opposite entrances of Qasr al-Nil Bridge, Cairo, 1873
* ''Lions'' (eight), La Fontaine Place Félix Eboué, Paris, 1874
* ''Soliman Pasha'', Cairo, 1874
* ''Mohammed Laz-oglou Bey'', Cairo, 1874-5
* '' Rhinocéros'', Paris, 1878Rhinocéros was commissioned for the 1878 Exposition Universelle and placed in the garden of the Palais du Trocadéro. When the Palais was demolished the sculpture was located c.1935 to 1985 at Porte de Saint-Cloud, Paris. In 1986 it was assigned to the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, restored and placed on display in the forecourt. Horswell, p.292
Musee d'Orsay online catalogue
retrieved 21 Jan 2014.

Alfred Jacquemart - Rhinocéros.JPG, ''Rhinocéros'' outside the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Huntsman and dogs, Alfred Jacquemart c.1879, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Apr 2014.JPG, ''Huntsman and dogs'', Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Fontaine du Palmier Sphinx 240907 04.jpg, One of the Sphinxes of the Fontaine du Palmier, Paris
Lionjac1.JPG, One of the two bronze lions in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Compiègne Bas-relief 2.jpg, Louis XII bas relief, Town Hall, Compiègne

Notes

References

* Benezit, Emmanuel (c.1976). ''Dictionnnaire de peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs'', 6 JAC-LOY, Paris: Gründ

Cairo Statues
* Horswell, Jane (1971). ''Bronze sculpture of Les Animaliers, references and price guide'', Clopton, England: Antique Collectors' Club


* Kjellberg, Pierre (1994). ''Bronzes of the 19th Century: dictionary of sculptors'', Atglen, USA: Schiffer
* Lami, Stanaslas (1914). ''Dictionnaire de Sculpteurs de l'ecole Francaise'', Paris: E. Champion
* Mackay, James (1973). ''The animaliers; the animal sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries'', London: Ward Lock
* Payne, Christopher (1986). ''Animals in Bronze: reference and price guide'', Clopton, England: Antique Collectors' Club
* Savage, George (1968). ''A Concise History of Bronzes'', New York: Praeger

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Animal artists
1824 births
1896 deaths
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
19th-century French painters
19th-century French male artists