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 Republic of Geneva), Pradier was the son of a Pr ...

's workshop. In 1843, he won the second

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, and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster

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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

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, 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'', Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 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 Musée de Picardie in Amiens: ''Thuillier Constant'' and ''Du Cange'' * two

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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''),

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* ''Prêtresse de Bacchus'' (''Priestess of Bacchus''), Museum of

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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

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

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

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, Paris

References

External links

*
Works by Lequesne, on ''Paris Sculptures'' (photos)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lequesne, Eugene-Louis 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