Louis Noël (ne: Hubert Louis-Noël;
Saint-Omer
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, April 1, 1839 -
Paris
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, 1925) was a
French sculptor
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. After studying at the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
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under
François Jouffroy,
Noël became a productive artist, exhibiting regularly. His busts, statues, and portraits were of historical figures, saints, and contemporary people. He created several notable portrait-medallions: Abbe Derguesse (1867; bronze), Mme L. B (1869, silver), Abbe Binet (1873, silver), President Quenson (1875), and M. B (1877).
Noël was the stepfather of the sculptor
Jules Déchin (1869-1947).
Partial works
*
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne: Statue de Monseigneur Lobbedey, Statue de sainte Ide, Statues de la Vierge et de Saint Jean
* Portrait de l'abbé d'Halluin (1896)
* Statue de Saint Pierre Fourier (1899)
* Cénotaphe (1921)
References
External links
*
St Peter Fourier statue‒ Founder Statue in St Peter's Basilica
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1839 births
1925 deaths
20th-century French sculptors
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
19th-century French male artists