Eugène-Louis Lequesne
French sculptor
La Renommée retenant Pégase (Renown holding back Pegasus ), Palais Garnier , Paris
La Bonne Mère (The Good Mother ), Notre-Dame de la Garde , Marseille
Triton blowing on a conch shell situated to the right of the château d’eau, Palais Longchamp , Marseille
Triton blowing on a conch shell , situated to the left of the château d’eau, Palais Longchamp , Marseille
Eugène-Louis Lequesne (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn lwi ləkɛn] ; or Le Quesne ; 15 February 1815 – 3 June 1887) was a French sculptor.[ 1] Lequesne was born and died in Paris. In 1841, he entered the École nationale des beaux-arts , in James Pradier 's workshop. In 1843, he won the second Prix de Rome , and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster bas-relief entitled Pyrrhus tuant Priam (Pyrrhus killing Priam ). He lived at the Académie de France à Rome from 1844 to 1849, alongside Jean-Louis Charles Garnier . In 1855, he was awarded the Great Prize for sculpture at the Exposition Universelle , and received the Légion d'honneur .
Main works
figures representing Rouen and Amiens , on the façade of the Gare du Nord , Paris, circa 1862
colossal finial figure of La Bonne Mère (The Good Mother ), Notre-Dame de la Garde , Marseille, 1867
plaster figure of Camulogene , Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille , 1872
two Pegasus figures, Palais Garnier , Paris
Faune Dansant (Dancing Faun ), Jardin du Luxembourg , Paris
La Foi, La Charité et L'Espérance (Faith, Charity and Hope ), Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris
two medallions on the façade of the Musée de Picardie in Amiens: Thuillier Constant and Du Cange
two caryatids on the façade of the Musée de Picardie in Amiens: L'Industrie and La Sculpture
Masque d’Homère (Mask of Homer ), Museum of Beaufort
Faune Dansant (Dancing Faun ), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Prêtresse de Bacchus (Priestess of Bacchus ), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai
À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles (What young girls dream of ) and Vercingétorix vaincu défiant les soldats romains (Defeated Vercingetorix defying Roman soldiers ), Museum of Chartres
Le buste de Laënnec (Bust of Laënnec), Faculté de médecine de Paris
Thuillier , Museum of Roanne
Le Maréchal de Saint-Arnaud (Marshal Saint-Arnaud ), Palace of Versailles
Renommée retenant Pégase (Renown holding back Pegasus ), Musée d'Orsay , Paris[ 2]
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