Henri Vidal (sculptor)

For the French actor, see Henri Vidal. For the French engineer, see Henri Vidal (engineer).

Henri Vidal (born 4 May 1864 in Charenton, died in 1918 in Le Cannet) was a French sculptor known for his 1896 sculpture, Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel (Cain, after having murdered his brother Abel) which is in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.^[1][2][3] Vidal was a student of Mathurin Moreau.^[4]

Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel, 1896

Honours and awards

At the Salon des artistes français [fr] he was awarded^[5]

• In 1884, an honorable mention;
• In 1890, a medal in the 3rd class;
• In 1892, the Salon prize awarded by the Superior Council of Fine Arts;
• In 1892, a medal in the 2nd class and
• In 1900, a medal in the 1st class.

At the 1900 Paris Exposition he won a silver medal.^[5]

References

1. Maral, Pingeot & Georget 2003, p. 122.
2. Bresc-Bautier & Pingeot 1986.
3. Neuwirth 1974, p. 75.
4. Hachet 1986, p. 327.
5. Richemond 2003, p. 125.

• Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève; Pingeot, Anne (1986). Sculptures des jardins du Louvre, du Carrousel et des Tuileries. Notes et documents des musées de France No. 12. Vol. 2. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-2007-6.
• Hachet, Jean-Charles (1986). Les bronzes animaliers: de l'antiquité à nos jours. Paris: Varia.
• Maral, Alexandre; Pingeot, Anne; Georget, Luc (2003). Sculptures: la galerie du Musée Granet. Musée Granet. ISBN 978-2-85056-630-1.
• Neuwirth, Waltraud (1974). Wiener Keramik: historicism, Jugendstil, Art Deco. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt und Biermann. ISBN 3-7814-0163-4 – via Bibliothek für Kunst und Antiquitätenfreunde.
• Richemond, Stéphane (2003). Les salons des artistes coloniaux: suivi d'un dictionnaire des sculpteurs. Paris: Éditions de l'Amateur. ISBN 2-85917-395-1.

External links

• Henri Vidal, Cain venant de tuer son frere Abel, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris on YouTube
• Cain - Paris, France