Eugène-Louis Lequesne (; or Le Quesne; 15 February 1815 – 3 June 1887) was a French sculptor. Lequesne was born and died in Paris. In 1841, he entered the

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, in

James Pradier James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, ; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. Life and work Born in Geneva (then the Republic of Geneva), Pradier was the son of a ...

's workshop. In 1843, he won the second

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, and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster

bas-relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...

entitled ''Pyrrhus tuant Priam'' (''Pyrrhus killing Priam''). He lived at the

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from 1844 to 1849, alongside Jean-Louis Charles Garnier. In 1855, he was awarded the Great Prize for sculpture at the Exposition Universelle, and received the

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Main works

* figures representing

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and

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, on the façade of the

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, Paris, circa 1862 * colossal finial figure of ''La Bonne Mère'' (''The Good Mother''),

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, Marseille, 1867 * plaster figure of '' Camulogene'',

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, 1872 * two ''Pegasus'' figures,

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, Paris * ''Faune Dansant'' (''Dancing Faun''),

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, Paris * ''La Foi, La Charité et L'Espérance'' (''Faith, Charity and Hope''), Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris * two medallions on the façade of the

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in Amiens: ''Thuillier Constant'' and ''Du Cange'' * two

caryatid A caryatid ( ; ; ) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term ''karyatides'' literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient t ...

s on the façade of the

in Amiens: ''L'Industrie'' and ''La Sculpture'' * ''Masque d’Homère'' (''Mask of Homer''), Museum of Beaufort * ''Faune Dansant'' (''Dancing Faun''), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux * ''Prêtresse de Bacchus'' (''Priestess of Bacchus''),

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai The Musée de Cambrai (English: Cambrai Museum), also known as the Musée des Beaux-arts de Cambrai, is the main museum in the northern French city of Cambrai. He moved in 1893 into the Hôtel de Francqueville, which dates back to 1720 and w ...

* ''À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles'' (''What young girls dream of'') and ''Vercingétorix vaincu défiant les soldats romains'' (''Defeated Vercingetorix defying Roman soldiers''), Museum of

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* ''Le buste de Laënnec'' (''Bust of Laënnec), Faculté de médecine de Paris * ''Thuillier'', Museum of

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* ''Le Maréchal de Saint-Arnaud'' (''Marshal Saint-Arnaud''),

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* ''Renommée retenant Pégase'' (''Renown holding back Pegasus''),

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) () is a museum in Paris, France, on the Rive Gauche, Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mai ...

, Paris

References

External links

*
Works by Lequesne, on ''Paris Sculptures'' (photos)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lequesne, Eugene-Louis 1815 births 1887 deaths French architectural sculptors Sculptors from Paris Prix de Rome for sculpture 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Knights of the Legion of Honour 19th-century French male artists