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Léopold Morice (1846,
Léopold Morice (1846, Nîmes
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- 1919, Paris) was a French sculptor.
Life
An apprentice in Auguste Bosc's studio then inFrançois Jouffroy
François Jouffroy (1 February 1806 – 25 June 1882) was a French sculptor.
Biography
Jouffroy was born in Dijon, France, the son of a baker, and attended the local drawing school before being admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 18 ...
's studio, he was later admitted to the ''École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...
'' aged 19. His talent gained him several medals during his training there. He won several contracts in 1875 in Paris
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, Dunkerque
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Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...
, Pompignan, at Le Vigan and in Venezuela
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.
One of his most notable works is the statue of Marianne in Place de la République
The Place de la République (known as the Place du Château d'Eau until 1879) is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The square has an area of .Warner, p. 250 Named after the First, Second a ...
in Paris, on a pedestal by his brother, the architect François-Charles Morice (1848–1908).
In 1910 and 1911 he produced two monuments in memory of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American th ...
, one at Montcalm's birthplace of Vestric-et-Candiac
Vestric-et-Candiac (; oc, Vestric e Candiac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography Climate
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( Cantal) and the other in Québec
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, where Montcalm died. In writing of these monuments, Georges Bellerive stated:
Morice was awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion 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 B ...
in 1888.
In his lifetime, Morice taught many aspiring artists. One of his most prized students was Jules Edouard Roiné
Jules Édouard Roiné (Nantes, October 24, 1857 – April 11, 1916), was an exemplary French-American sculptor and master medal engraver of his era.
He was a student of Léopold Morice, renowned sculptor who completed the bas relief over the ...
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