André-Joseph Allar (22 August 1845 – 11 April 1926) was a French
sculptor.
Biography
André-Joseph Allar was born in
Toulon on 22 August 1845.
He became a successful sculptor after training under
Antoine Laurent Dantan and
Pierre-Jules Cavelier. Allar is best known for his small-scale work and architectural designs with majority of his work situated at the local museum in Toulon, including 'Hercules finding his dead son'.
His artworks on
Hercules is evidently inspired by the Greek hero, but in particular, the stories that depict the character as a saviour. His architectural features include his works in the
Palacio Legislativo Federal with
Laurent Marqueste and in the
Palacio de Bellas Artes in
Mexico City. Another one of his famous works is the statue of law displayed on the façade
Palace of Justice, Rome.
In addition to his career as an artist, Allar joined the
Legion of Honour as an officer in 1896 and the French Institute in 1905.
He won various prizes but most notably the
Prix de Rome in 1869 for his sculpture, and later became a member of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts on 20 May 1905.
He died in Toulon on 11 April 1926. A street in Marseille has been named in his honor.
Main works
* ''Hécube découvrant le cadavre de Polydore'',
musée des Beaux-Arts à Marseille
* ''La mort d’Alceste'', inspired by his wife's death,
Lisieux
* ''Enfant des Abruzzes'',
musée d'Orsay
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* ''Thétis portant les armes d’Achille''
* ''Buste de Montricher'', gallery of the palais Longchamp in Marseille
* ''Sainte Madeleine'' on the facade of the Cathedral de la Major in Marseille
* ''Monument de la Fédération'' on the place de la République in Toulon.
* ''Fontaine de la place Estrangin'', Marseille
* ''Fontaine de la place Castellane'', Marseille, in collaboration with Jules Cantini
Jules Cantini (1826–1916) was a French sculptor and philanthropist.
Biography
Early life
Jules Cantini was born on 2 February 1826 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. His father was Gaétan Cantini, an Italian mason, and his mother, T ...
* ''Portrait de son frère Gaudensi'', museum of Toulon
* ''Statues de Jean Bullant et de Jean Goujon'', on the front of the Mairie de Paris
* ''Statue de Frédéric Le Play'', Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
* ''The Youth'' and ''The Virile Age'' sculptures in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mexico
* ''Monument du Centenaire'', Nice
Gallery
File:Frederic-le-play.JPG, ''Frédéric Le Play
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In artistry:
* Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator
* Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor
* Frédéric Bazille, Impressio ...
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Jardin du Luxembourg
File:Fontaine de la place Castellane à Marseille 2.JPG, ''Fontaine''
Place Castellane
File:Espérandieu-Allar.jpg, ''Henri-Jacques Espérandieu
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architect
File:Chave-buste.JPG, Bust of ''André Chave
André Chave (1799-1868) was a French landowner and real estate developer in Marseille.
Early life
André Chave was born in 1799.
Career
A major landowner of agricultural fields, he became a real estate developer as the city of Marseille grew.J ...
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File:André Allar, Le Torrent, groupe de la Fontaine Cantini. 1911. Marseille, place Castellane. Photo, Jamie Mulherron.jpg, ''The Torrent'' from the Cantini Fountain (1911), place Castellane, Marseille
File:André Allar, La Source, groupe de la Fontaine Cantini. 1911. Marseille, place Castellane. Photo, Jamie Mulherron.jpg, ''The Source'' from the Cantini Fountain (1911), place Castellane, Marseille
File:André Allar, La Mer - Amphitrite, groupe de la Fontaine Cantini. 1911. Marseille, place Castellane. Photo, Jamie Mulherron.jpg, ''The Sea - Amphitrite'' from the Cantini Fountain (1911), place Castellane, Marseille
File:André Allar, Le Rhône, groupe de la Fontaine Cantini. 1911. Marseille, place Castellane. Photo, Jamie Mulherron.jpg, ''The Rhône'' from the Cantini Fountain (1911), place Castellane, Marseille
References
* Académie de Marseille, ''Dictionnaire des marseillais'', Edisud, Marseille, 2001, ()
* Paul Masson, ''Encyclopédie des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales'', Marseille, 17 volumes, from 1913 to 1937
* Adrien Blés, ''Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille'', Jeanne Laffitte ed., Marseille, 1989, ().
* Bruno Wuillequiey, Denise Jasmin, Luc Georget, Bénédicte Ottinger, Florence Dagousset and Gilles Mihière, Régis Bertrand, ''Marseille au XIXe, rêves et triomphes'', Musées de Marseille (16 November 1991 – 15 February 1992), ()
* Régine Allar, ''La dynastie des Allar'', Revue Marseille, 1982, N° 130, pages 138-143
External links
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1845 births
1926 deaths
Artists from Toulon
Sculptors from Marseille
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
Prix de Rome for sculpture
20th-century French sculptors
20th-century French male artists
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
19th-century French male artists