Eugène-Louis Lequesne

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.

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

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]

References

1. "LEQUESNE (ou LE QUESNE) Eugène Louis" (in French). Héritage des Échecs Français. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
2. "Eugène Louis Lequesne, Renommée retenant Pégase, en 1865" (in French). Musée d'Orsay. Archived from the original on 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

External links

• (in French) Works by Lequesne, on Paris Sculptures (photos)
• Eugène-Louis Lequesne in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website