Henri Marius Ding (30 June 1844 – 1898) was a French

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Henri Ding was born in

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

. His most famous work is the ''Fontaine des trois ordres'' (''Fountain of the three orders'') on the place Notre-Dame in Grenoble. It paid tribute to

Dauphiné The Dauphiné (, ) is a former province in Southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the Dauphiné of Viennois. In the 12th centu ...

people who brought the beginnings of the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ...

, and was conducted to celebrate the events centennial in 1888. Ding died in Grenoble. Henry Ding received the

Légion d'honneur 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 ...

. Most of his works can be seen in the

Museum of Grenoble The Museum of Grenoble (french: Musée de Grenoble) is a municipal museum of Fine Arts and antiquities in the city of Grenoble in the Isère region of France. Located on the left bank of the Isère River, place Lavalette, it is known both for it ...

Works

His main works include : *The ''Statue of Liberty'', also named ''Marianne'', à

Vizille Vizille (; frp, Veselye) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population Sights Vizille is the home of the Musée de la Révolution française, a rich depository of archival and rare materials devoted to the French R ...

*The ''Monument to Xavier Jouvin'', in Grenoble *Several sculptures in the church of Le Périer *More than ten funerary monuments in the Saint Roch Cemetery, in GrenobleVille-grenoble.fr
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Gallery

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Jean Achard Jean Alexis Achard () (1807–1884) was a French painter. Biography Born in Voreppe, Isère, into a farming family, Jean Alexis Achard was self-taught and started his career as a clerk for a lawyer. He began his apprenticeship by copying pai ...

'' File:Statue Xavier Jouvin.JPG, ''Monument to Xavier Jouvin''

References

External links

Henri Ding's works, on ''Culture.gouv.fr''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ding, Henri Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Artists from Grenoble 1844 births 1898 deaths 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists