Eugène-Louis Lequesne Explained

Eugène-Louis Lequesne (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]

External links

• Works by Lequesne, on Paris Sculptures (photos)

Notes and References

1. Web site: LEQUESNE (ou LE QUESNE) Eugène Louis . Héritage des Échecs Français . 2009-06-30. fr.
2. Web site: Eugène Louis Lequesne, Renommée retenant Pégase, en 1865 . Musée d'Orsay . 2009-06-30 . fr . 2009-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090103162925/http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/notice.html?no_cache=1&zsz=5&lnum=13 . dead .