
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
École nationale des beaux-arts
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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 Republic of Geneva), Pradier was the son of a Pr ...
's workshop. In 1843, he won the second
Prix de Rome
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, and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster
bas-relief
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entitled ''Pyrrhus tuant Priam'' (''Pyrrhus killing Priam''). He lived at the
Académie de France à Rome
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History
The Academy was founded at the Palazzo Capranica in 16 ...
from 1844 to 1849, alongside
Jean-Louis Charles Garnier. In 1855, he was awarded the Great Prize for sculpture at the
Exposition Universelle
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*Exposi ...
, and received the
Légion d'honneur
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.
Main works
* figures representing
Rouen
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and
Amiens
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, on the façade of the
Gare du Nord
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, Paris, circa 1862
* colossal finial figure of ''La Bonne Mère'' (''The Good Mother''),
Notre-Dame de la Garde
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, Marseille, 1867
* plaster figure of ''
Camulogene'',
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 1872
* two ''Pegasus'' figures,
Palais Garnier
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, Paris
* ''Faune Dansant'' (''Dancing Faun''),
Jardin du Luxembourg
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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
Musée de Picardie in Amiens: ''Thuillier Constant'' and ''Du Cange''
* two
caryatid
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s on the façade of the
Musée de Picardie 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
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* ''Prêtresse de Bacchus'' (''Priestess of Bacchus''), Museum of
Cambrai
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* ''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
Chartres
* ''Le buste de Laënnec'' (''Bust of Laënnec), Faculté de médecine de Paris
* ''Thuillier'', Museum of
Roanne
Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fre ...
* ''Le Maréchal de Saint-Arnaud'' (''Marshal Saint-Arnaud''),
Palace of Versailles
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* ''Renommée retenant Pégase'' (''Renown holding back Pegasus''),
Musée d'Orsay
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, Paris
References
External links
*
Works by Lequesne, on ''Paris Sculptures'' (photos)*
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1815 births
1887 deaths
French architectural sculptors
Artists from Paris
Prix de Rome for sculpture
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
19th-century French male artists