Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824–1902) was a French sculptor, engraver and medallist.

Early life

Louis-Félix Chabaud was born on March 14, 1824, in

Venelles Venelles (; oc, Venèla) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France near Aix-en-Provence. The current mayor is Arnaud Mercier. History In 15 BC, there was a Roman settlement there. It was then destroyed by the Lomba ...

, in the South of France.Félix Louis Chabaud

Bibliothèque nationale de France The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...

Career

He designed many sculptures at the

Palais Garnier The Palais Garnier (, Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier (, Garnier Opera), is a 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102. opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from ...

in Paris.Gérard Fontaine, ''Palais Garnier, le fantasme de l'Opéra'', Paris: Editions Noêsis, 1999, pp. 72 201 He won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1848. He designed the Saint Louis fountain in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. In 1860, he also designed one of the sculptures at the top of the Fontaine de la Rotonde in Aix.''Aix en provence: Pays Aixois et Salonais'', Petit Futé, 2010, p. 139
/ref> He served as the mayor of his hometown of Venelles from 1865 to 1870.

Death

He died on April 25, 1902, in Venelles.

Bibliography

*Jean-Marc Héry, ''Louis-Félix Chabaud: paradoxes d'un sculpteur oublié'', Paris: Editions Mare & Martin, 2011.Google Books
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chabaud, Louis-Felix 1824 births 1902 deaths People from Bouches-du-Rhône 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors French engravers French medallists Prix de Rome for engraving Mayors of places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 19th-century French male artists