Henri Vidal (born May 4, 1864 in
Charenton, died in 1918 in
Le Cannet
Le Cannet (; oc, Lo Canet; older it, Canneto) is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Administration
Le Cannet was part of Cannes until 1778, when it was made a separate commune.
Location
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) was a French sculptor known for his 1896 sculpture, ''Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel'' (Cain, after having murdered his brother Abel) which is in the
Tuileries Garden
The Tuileries Garden (french: Jardin des Tuileries, ) is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in ...
in Paris. Vidal was a student of
Mathurin Moreau
Mathurin Moreau (18 November 1822 – 14 February 1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style.
Moreau was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made may ...
.
Honours and awards
At the he was awarded
*In 1884, an honorable mention;
*In 1890, a medal in the 3rd class;
*In 1892, the Salon prize awarded by the Superior Council of Fine Arts;
*In 1892, a medal in the 2nd class and
*In 1900, a medal in the 1st class.
At the
1900 Paris Exposition
The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate developmen ...
he won a silver medal.
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External links
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Cain - Paris, France
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1864 births
1918 deaths
19th-century French sculptors
20th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
19th-century French male artists