Honoré Jean Aristide Husson (born in Paris on 1 July 1803, died in

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on 30 July 1864) was a French academic sculptor of the 19th century.

Biography

He was the pupil of

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. In 1827, he won the 2nd

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in 1827 and in 1830 the first Prix de Rome. He lived in the

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from 1831 to 1836. Back in Paris, he participated in exhibitions from 1837 and won a 2nd class medal in 1837 and a first class medal in 1848. On 9 May 1853, he married Sophie Desiree Marie Tremblay in Paris.

Main works

Husson received many State orders, including : * ''L'Ange gardien offrant à Dieu un pécheur repentant'' * A bust of

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for the Académie de l’Été et l’Automne * Figures from one of the fountains of the

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, Rome, 1839 * Two busts of Boissy d'Anglas and Chancellor Dambray * ''Marguerite de Provence'', 1847, and ''Eustache Lesueur'', 1853,

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* ''Summer and Autumn'', figures of one of the fountains of the Place de la Concorde, 1839 * Statues of Voltaire and Bailly at Old

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* ''Saint Bernard'' at the Madeleine * ''Gouvion St Cyr'' at the

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* ''Anges en adoration'',

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* Statue of

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, Church of St. Clotilde * Eustache Lesueur, Jacques Sarrazin and General Desaix the new

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* Statue of Coulomb, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers * Dagobert, Tower of

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* St. Mathias, St. Simon and St. Jude, Church of Saint Eustache

References

External links

Works by Husson, on ''A&A, Art and Architecture''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Husson, Honore-Jean-Aristide 1803 births 1864 deaths Sculptors from Paris Prix de Rome for sculpture 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists