Émile Edmond Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and

medallist A medalist (or medallist) is an artist who designs medals, plaquettes, badges, metal medallions, coins and similar small works in relief in metal. Historically, medalists were typically also involved in producing their designs, and were usually e ...

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Peynot was born in

Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Villeneuve-sur-Yonne () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It is surrounded by a partly intact wall, built during the 12th century, which was one of the 8 residences of the French kings. G ...

Burgundy Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ''Bregogne'') is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. ...

. He became well known following his Grand Prize at the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

sculpture competition in 1880, and left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He created war memorials in

Bar-le-Duc Bar-le-Duc (), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France. The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, ...

Charenton-le-Pont Charenton-le-Pont () is a Communes of France, commune situated to the southeast of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris, to the north of the confluence of the Seine and Marne (river), Marne rivers; the part of ...

, Ecouen,

Joigny Joigny () is a commune in the Yonne département in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It is located on the banks of the river Yonne. History The current city, originally known as Joviniacum in Latin, was founded during Roman ti ...

, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage,

Liévin Liévin (; ; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois'' in French. Overview The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...

Sens Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km southeast from Paris. Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second la ...

and for his home town,

. He died in Paris in 1932.

Famous works

* ''

Marianne Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed i ...

'',

Place Carnot The Place Carnot is a square located in the Perrache quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. Location The Place Carnot is at the end of the Presqu'île, near the Perrache railway station. Bordered by the Rue de Condé, it can be accessed ...

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. * Monument to Henri Schneider,

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a Communes of France, commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerl ...

. * Monument to François-Louis Français,

Plombières-les-Bains Plombières-les-Bains () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. It was the seat of the former canton of Plombières-les-Bains. ''Les bains'' refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first di ...

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...

. * ''Marchand Tunisien'' ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon. * ''Tunisian Merchant'', 1883,

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, New York. * ''La Aurora'' ("The Twilight"),

Parque Centenario Parque Centenario is an extensive public park in the Caballito district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Overview Presiding over a rapidly expanding city, the Buenos Aires City Council in 1908 approved the purchase of a 10 hectare (25 acre) plot bel ...

, Buenos Aires. * ''Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento'' ("Flowers for

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"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires. * ''La Lucha Eterna'' ("The Eternal Fight"), Parque El Ejido,

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

. *''Francia a la Argentina'' A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts. File:Buenos Aires - Recoleta - Francia a la Argentina 4.JPG, ''Francia a la Argentina'', Buenos Aires File:Plombières-les-Bains - Louis Fançais.jpg, '' François-Louis Français'',

File:Statue de Marianne Place Carnot.jpg, ''Marianne'', Place Carnot,

File:Paris Peynot Petit Palais.jpg, Shield of the City of Paris,

Petit Palais The (; ) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built for the Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (''Musée des beaux-arts ...

File:Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento 3.jpg, Monument to

Domingo Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the ''1837 generation, Generation of 1837'', who had a great influence on 19t ...

, Buenos Aires File:La Lucha Eterna, de Emile Peynot - Quito, Ecuador (02).jpg, ''La Lucha Eterna'' (''The Eternal Struggle''),

Bibliography

* Roland Conilleau, ''Emile Peynot, statuaire : Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 1850-1932'', Clamecy, 2000, 77 p.

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