Jean Alphonse Edme Achille Dumilatre, also known as Achille Dumilâtre,[1] (April 12, 1844, Bordeaux, Gironde – January 5, 1928, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne) was a French sculptor.
Jean Alphonse Edme Achille Dumilatre | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 12, 1844 |
| Died | January 5, 1928 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Monument aux Girondins |
| Awards | Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur |
Biography
editA student of Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and Jules Cavelier at the École des beaux-arts de Paris, Alphonse Dumilatre became known especially at the Salon de Paris between 1866 and 1878, where some of his works such as Le Général Decaen, Le Colonel Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau, and Montesquieu[2] were acquired by the State.
Among his other works, the Monument of Joseph Croce-Spinelli (bronze) in Paris at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, the Bust of Ciriaco Vázquez (bronze) in Veracruz (Mexico), The Assembly of the Greeks, Dispute of Achilles and Agamemnon (Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, work destroyed), Young Harvester (1888) in Paris at the Jardin du Luxembourg,[3] the Monument to Pierre Leroux (1903) in Boussac (Creuse), and the marble statue of Montesquieu (1912) in the garden of the Four Columns at the Palais Bourbon in Paris.
His Monument to Jean de La Fontaine erected in the Jardin du Ranelagh in Paris in 1891 was melted down in 1942 as part of the Mobilization of non-ferrous metals.[4]
- Works of Alphonse Dumilatre
-
Monument to Jean de La Fontaine (1881), colorized 1900 photo. -
The Spirit of Liberty (1902), top statue of the Monument aux Girondins in Bordeaux. -
Monument to Pierre Leroux (1903, detail), Boussac. -
.png)
References
edit- ^ His name is also spelled as Jean Dumilâtre.
- ^ Plaster intended for the Faculty of Law in Bordeaux.
- ^ Description of the work on the Musée d'Orsay website.
- ^ « The statues of the Jardin du Ranelagh », on paris1900.lartnouveau.com, consulted on 3 November 2018.
Further reading
edit- Peigné, Guillaume (2012). Dictionnaire des sculpteurs néo-baroques français (1870-1914). Paris: CTHS. pp. 221–226. ISBN 978-2-7355-0780-1. OCLC 828238758.
External links
edit- « Dumilatre, Achille (1844-1923) » on the site of the Friends and Enthusiasts of Père-Lachaise.
- Restoration of the Monument aux Girondins on architecturepatrimoine.fr.