Félix Lecomte (1737,

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– 1817, Paris) was a French sculptor in the second half of the eighteenth century. In 1758 he won the

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scholarship in sculpture and attended class in Rome from 1761 to 1768. When he returned to Paris, he was accepted by the Academy thanks especially to his group sculpture in marble ''Œdipe et Phorbas'' (''Oedipus and Phorbas''). He was elected to the French Academy in 1771.

References

* Schwartz, Emmanuel (2003) ''Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris: Histoire, doctrines, catalogue'' École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, * Langmuir, Erika and Lynton, Norbert (2000) "Lecomte, Felix (1737-1817)" ''The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists'' Yale University Press, New Haven, CT,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lecomte, Felix 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture 1737 births 1814 deaths 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists