François Jouffroy (; 1 February 1806 – 25 June 1882) was a French sculptor.
Biography
Jouffroy was born in
Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...
, France, the son of a baker, and attended the local drawing school before being admitted to the
École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
in Paris in 1824. In 1832 he won the
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
. Jouffroy often had to compete with
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers for public commissions, but during the
Second Empire (1851–1870) he still participated in the decoration of several public buildings.
He was a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1865 until his death.
Among his students were
Per Hasselberg,
Jean Dampt,
Léopold Morice,
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculpture, sculptor of the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin to an Iris ...
, José Simões de Almeida (Tio),
António Soares dos Reis
António Manuel Soares dos Reis (Vila Nova de Gaia, 14 October 1847 - Vila Nova de Gaia, 16 February 1889) was a Portuguese sculptor.
Studies
He first studied at the Portuense Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in sculpture in 1867. He st ...
,
Elisa de Lamartine, and
Adrien Étienne Gaudez.
Jouffroy died at
Laval, Mayenne
Laval () is a town in western France, about west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne departments of France, department.
Its inhabitants are called ''Lavallois''. The commune of France, commune of Laval proper, without the metropo ...
in 1882.
Works
Gallery of images
File:Jouffroy Ariane abandonnée.jpg, ''"Ariane abandonnée"''
File:Merchant Marine Jouffroy Louvre.jpg, ''"Merchant Marine"''
File:Auxonne - Bonaparte 2.JPG, Bonaparte
File:Paris-Opera-1977-5a.jpg, Paris Opera
File:Saint-Germain-Source-Seine 2.jpg, ''"Source of the Seine"''
File:Premier-secret-confie-a-Venus.jpg, ''"Premier-secret-confie-a-Venus"''
References
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Artists from Dijon
French architectural sculptors
Prix de Rome for sculpture
1806 births
1882 deaths
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
19th-century French male artists