Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire (9 January 1798,

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

- 2 August 1880, Paris) was a French

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, working in a neoclassical academic style.

Life and career

He was a pupil of

Pierre Cartellier Pierre Cartellier (2 December 1757 – 12 June 1831) was a French sculptor. Biography 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 Roya ...

, and won the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

for sculpture in 1821. Lemaire sculpted the high relief of the Last Judgment for the

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedim ...

of the

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. He is among the major

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

sculptors of France who are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris: the others are Jean-Pierre Cortot,

François Rude François Rude (4 January 1784 – 3 November 1855) was a French sculptor, best known for the ''Departure of the Volunteers'', also known as ''La Marseillaise'' on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (1835–36). His work often expressed patriotic the ...

, Antoine Étex, and

James Pradier James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, ; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculpture, sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassicism, neoclassical style. Life and work Born in Geneva (then Republic of Geneva), Prad ...

. His bronze monument for the city of

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, commemorating the

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Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

ic hero and antiquarian,

Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne Théophile Malo Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne (23 November 174328 June 1800) was a French officer named by Napoleon as the "first grenadier of France". He was also a celtomaniac antiquarian who introduced the words "dolmen" and "menhir" into gene ...

, was melted down during

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Selected works

File:Lille PdBA lemaire napoleon.JPG, Napoleon at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. Image:Claude Louis Constant Corbineau.jpg, Portrait bust of
Claude Corbineau Image:Paryż magdalena fasada.JPG, Detail of the

sculptures,

Église de la Madeleine , other name = , native_name = , native_name_lang = French , image = Madeleine Paris.jpg , landscape = , imagesize = , caption = , imagelink ...

File:Pierre Corneille statue on the Louvre.jpg, Pierre Corneille at the Louvre

References

* Thieme-Becker, 1929, ''s.v.'' "Lemaire".

External links

1798 births 1880 deaths People from Valenciennes Politicians from Hauts-de-France Bonapartists Members of the 1st Corps législatif of the Second French Empire Members of the 2nd Corps législatif of the Second French Empire French architectural sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-sculptor-stub