République. It was won by the Morice brothers (with Léopold Morice producing the sculpture and the architect François-CharlesMorice designing the pedestal)
Léopold Morice (Nîmes, 9 July 1843 - Paris, 30 June 1919) was a French sculptor. An apprentice in Auguste Bosc's studio then in François Jouffroy's studio
Thiébaut Frères [fr] in 1883. The pedestal was made by the architect François-CharlesMorice [fr], the brother of the sculptor. It consists of two distinct
competition was held for a monument in the center. The architect François-CharlesMorice and his sculptor brother Leopold won the competition, but a project