Pierre Louis Rouillard (Paris, 16 January 1820 – Paris, 2 June 1881) was a French

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known for his sculptures of animals. He was one of a "school of French '' animalières''", which also included Pierre-Jules Mêne,

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, Auguste Caïn and François Pompon. He worked mainly in

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rather than bronze. Rouillard attended the

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, where he was a pupil of Jean-Pierre Cortot. He was a professor of sculpture at the

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from 1840 to 1881. François Pompon studied with him. His works include sculptures for the

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and the Fontaine Saint-Michel. He was commissioned to travel to

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, by Sultan Abdulaziz. He has many sculptures in different locations of Istanbul, including a bull sculpture at the center of Istanbul's

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district. He was awarded the

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and made a Chevalier of the

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. He is buried at

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Works

Gallery of images

File:La Louve de Rouillard.jpg, ''"La Louve"' by entrance to the Garden of the “Grand Rond” in Toulouse. File:La chienne de Rouillard.jpg, ''"La Chienne"'' by entrance to the Garden of the “Grand Rond” in Toulouse. File:Palacio de Beylerbeyi Estambul 2007 león Rouillard.jpg File:Cheval Herse Rouillard Orsay RF3754.jpg File:Christofle-porcherie1878.jpg, ''"Porcherie"'' File:Le cerf du Vésinet 002.JPG, ''"Le cerf du Vésinet"'' File:Lion de L'Indie - Rouillard, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.jpg, ''"Lion de L'Indie"'' File:Dorfold Dog .jpg, 'Mastiff with puppies' at

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, Cheshire, England

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Pierre Louis Rouillard (1820–1881) sculpteur animalier, professeur de sculpture et d'anatomie
(French) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouillard, Pierre Louis 1820 births 1881 deaths Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur École des Beaux-Arts alumni 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists