Émile Peynot
Émile Edmund Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French Artist and sculptor.
Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. He became well-known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880,[1] and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He died in Paris in 1932.
Famous works
- Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon.
- Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot.[2]
- Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges.
- Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.[3]
- La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.
- Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.
- La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito.
Shield of the City of Paris, Petit Palais
Monument to Domingo Sarmiento, Buenos Aires
See also
References
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