Pierre Joseph Chardigny (1794–1866) was a French sculptor and medal designer.
Early life
Pierre Joseph Chardigny was born in 1794 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. ...
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His father,
Barthélémy-François Chardigny
Barthélémy-François Chardigny (1757-1813) was a French sculptor. He designed public sculptures in Marseille.
Early life
Barthélémy-François Chardigny was born on September 4, 1757, in Rouen, France. He learned sculpture under Augustin Pajou ...
, was a sculptor.
He learned sculpture from
François Joseph Bosio.
Career
Chardigny designed many sculptures, some of which are held in the permanent collections of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
the
Princeton University Art Museum,
the
Château de Pau,
and the
Musée Baron-Martin.
Chardigny suggested the design of a 100-foot statue in the shape of
William Shakespeare in London, where visitors could go in, but it was turned down on the grounds that it would dehumanize him.
Death
Chardigny died in 1866.
References
1794 births
1866 deaths
People from Aix-en-Provence
French male sculptors
19th-century French sculptors
19th-century French male artists
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