Pierre-Jules Cavelier (30 August 1814, in Paris – 28 January 1894, in Paris) was a French academic sculptor.
Biography
The son of a silversmith and furniture maker, Cavelier was born in Paris. He was a student of the sculptors David d'Angers and the painter Paul Delaroche, Cavelier won the Prix de Rome in 1842 with a plaster statue of Diomedes Entering the Palladium. The young sculptor lived at the Villa Medici from 1843–47.
Appointed in 1864 Professor at the École des beaux-arts, he trained many students there, including René Rozet, Édouard Lantéri, Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Eugène Guillaume, Fernand Hamar, the British Alfred Gilbert and the American George Grey Barnard, as well as conducting his own prolific career as a sculptor.
Notable works
- Two caryatids, sketch group, terracotta, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1854
- Paris on the exterior of the Gare du Nord, Paris
- Cornélie, Mother of Gracchi group, marble, Paris, Orsay Museum, 1861
- Angel on the bell tower, Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris
Gallery
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Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Musée de Orsay
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Pierre Abelard at the Louvre
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Endurance, Palais Longchamp
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Angel on the bell tower, Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
References
- Medals, British Museum Dept of Coins and; Attwood, Philip (1991). Acquisitions of Medals (1983-1987). British Museum. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-86159-078-0.
- Simone Hoog, Musée national de Versailles. Les sculptures. I. Le Musée, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1993
- Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2003
- J. Le Fustec, "La statue de Montyon", Le Magasin pittoresque, 1894, p. 65-67
External links
Media related to Jules Cavelier at Wikimedia Commons