French sculptor (1806–1857)
Pierre-Charles Simart; after a bust by Francisque Duret
Pediment at the Pavillon de l’Horloge , Louvre , Paris
Pierre-Charles Simart (born in Troyes on 27 June 1806, died in Paris on 27 May 1857) was a French sculptor.
The son of a carpenter from Troyes in Champagne, Simart was the pupil of Antoine Desbœuf , Charles Dupaty , Jean-Pierre Cortot and James Pradier . In 1833, he won the first Prix de Rome for sculpture with a relief Le Vieillard et les enfants .
He was an elected member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1852.
Main works
La Poésie épique , statue, marble, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg
La Philosophie , statue, marble, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg
pediment of the Pavillon de l’Horloge , Louvre , Paris, with fellow sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye , 1857
Statue of Napoleon in coronation robes and reliefs of Napoleon's achievements, Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides , Paris
a chryselephantine (gold and ivory) recreation of the Athena Parthenos originally by classical sculptor Phidias , for patron Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes
four Hellenic friezes and ten reliefs at the Château de Dampierre , for architect Félix Duban , 1841–1843
References
(in French) Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue , École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2003
External links
International National Artists People