Henri Vidal (sculptor) explained

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. Vidal was a student of Mathurin Moreau.

Honours and awards

At the he was awarded

• 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.

References

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

External links

• • Cain - Paris, France