Mathurin Moreau Explained

Mathurin Moreau (18 November 1822  - 14 February 1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style.

Moreau was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, and in 1912 had a street named in his honor. His father was the sculptor and his siblings included sculptors Hippolyte and Auguste Moreau.^[1]

Selected works

• La Fileuse, marble, Palais du Luxembourg
• Victoria Park Fountain, Ashford Kent, originally 1862.^[2]
• Cologne, limestone, 1865, façade de la gare du Nord
• Nymphe fluviale, the, Paris (1874)
• L'Océanie, from the Exposition Universelle (1878), Musée d'Orsay courtyard
• Zenobe Gramme, bronze, Musée des Arts et Métiers courtyard, Paris
• Monument de Joigneaux, for which he received the medal of honor, Salon of 1897
• Tomb of Zenobe Gramme, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, circa 1901
• Lord Strathcona Fountain, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, unveiled 1 July 1909
• Fountain of the Continents (The original name was La Fontaine de L'Observatoire), Mendoza (Argentina), 1910.
• Négresse and Égyptienne - mass-produced neoclassical style beaux-arts statues depicting female ancient Egyptian and ancient Kushite royal figures holding aloft a torch. Usually cast in iron. Notable examples can be seen outside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, at the mausoleum of the American architect Temple Hoyne Buell and in the Jardins do Palácio de Cristal in Porto.^[3]

References

• Insecula entry
• Article after le Grand dictionnaire Larousse du XIXe siècle, Tomes 12 and 13, articles and supplements 1875-1890.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family tree of Mathurin MOREAU. Geneanet. September 18, 2019.
2. Web site: Ashford, Victoria Park Fountain 1921. www.francisfrith.com. September 18, 2019.
3. Web site: A pair of French bronze-patinated cast-iron figural torcheres, entitled 'Negresse' and 'Egyptienne', CAST BY VAL D'OSNE, AFTER MODELS BY MATHURIN MOREAU, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY . www.christies.com . 30 July 2020 . en.