François-Léon Sicard (21 April 1862 – 8 July 1934) was a French sculptor in the late 19th and early 20th century. His credits include work on the adornments of the

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, and numerous sculptures around the world. Sicard was born in Tours, studied with Louis-Ernest Barrias, and is known for his

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and his fiercely patriotic original works of art. Despite the prolific populace of noted works throughout Europe, surprisingly little is known about Sicard himself. His work is very similar to that of Gustave Crauk (1827–1920) and Antoine-Augustin Préault (1809–1879), and he may have worked in collaboration with Crauk on some of his sculptures during the early 20th century.

Notable works

Some of his noted sculptures include: * ''Le Bon Samaritain'' (The Good Samaritan), Grand Carré of the Tuileries,

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, Paris, 1896 * four atlantes for the

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, for architect Victor Laloux, * ''Autel de la Convention nationale'' ("Monument to the

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") or ''Autel républicain'',

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de Paris, 1913 * the Archibald Fountain in

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, Australia, completed in France 1926, unveiled on site 1932 * work at the Cercle National des Armées, Paris, for architect Charles Lemaresquier, 1927 * ''Oedipe et le Sphinx'' (Oedipus and the Sphinx)

Gallery

File:Good Samaritan Sicard Tuileries.jpg, ''Le Bon Samaritain'' (1896), jardin des Tuileries,

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. File:Paris Panthéon Innen La Convention nationale 2.jpg, ''Monument à la

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'' (1913), Panthéon de Paris. File:Clemenceau statue 001.jpg, Monument to

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References

* Daniel Cady Eaton, ''A Handbook of Modern French Sculpture'', Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913, pages 273–274.

External links

* 1862 births 1934 deaths Prix de Rome for sculpture Members of the Académie des beaux-arts 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub