Charles Émile Seurre
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Charles Marie Émile Seurre or Seurre the Younger (1798–1858) was a French sculptor.
, in 1824 Émile Seurre won the Prix de Rome
for sculpture with a relief on the subject Joseph's tunic brought back to Jacob. Like his elder brother Bernard Seurre
, he took part in spreading the Napoleonic legend and is best known for his series of statues of 'great men'.
Life
Seurre was born and died in Paris. A student of the sculptor Pierre CartellierPierre Cartellier
Pierre Cartellier was a French sculptor.Born in Paris, he studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan before attending the Académie Royale. During the French Revolution Cartellier was part of a team of sculptors who worked on the church of Ste...
, in 1824 Émile Seurre won the Prix de Rome
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
for sculpture with a relief on the subject Joseph's tunic brought back to Jacob. Like his elder brother Bernard Seurre
Bernard Seurre
Bernard Gabriel Seurre or Seurre the Elder was a French sculptor. His younger brother Charles Émile Seurre was also a sculptor.- Life :...
, he took part in spreading the Napoleonic legend and is best known for his series of statues of 'great men'.
Works
- Napoleon I (1833), standing statue, bronze, Paris, Hôtel des Invalides, cour d'honneur
- Napoléon I, standing statue (smaller version), bronze, Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
- The Navy, allegorical figure, Paris, Arc de TriompheArc de Triomphe-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
de l'Étoile, under the arc de triomphe, north spandrelSpandrelA spandrel, less often spandril or splaundrel, is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure.... - Talent, statue, Paris, cimetière du Père-Lachaise, tomb of Pierre CartellierPierre CartellierPierre Cartellier was a French sculptor.Born in Paris, he studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan before attending the Académie Royale. During the French Revolution Cartellier was part of a team of sculptors who worked on the church of Ste...
, left side - A stela with three veiled figures, bas-relief, Paris, cimetière du Père-Lachaise, tomb of Pierre Cartellier, to the right of the tomb
- Portrait of Hugues QuieretHugues QuiéretHugues Quiéret was a French nobleman, admiral and military commander. He was a knight, lord of Tours-en-Vimeu and of Hamicourt, in Picardie. Before becoming an admiral, he had been a conseiller, chambellan, maître d'hôtel du roi, then the seneschal of Beaucaire and Nimes from 1325 to 1332.He was...
, admiral of France (died 1340) (1840), bust, plaster, Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - Saint LouisLouis IX of FranceLouis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and...
, standing statue, Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (1489 - 1512) (1842), standing statue, marble, Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
- Charles VIICharles VII of FranceCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris...
, standing statue, marble, Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - Statue of the young Romain at the musée Crozatier du Puy-en-Velay.