Albert Darcq (

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

,"DARCQ, Albert." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'',

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. Retrieved 25 June 2014. 8 September 1848 - 8 March 1895) was a French sculptor who was trained by

Pierre-Jules Cavelier Pierre-Jules Cavelier (30 August 1814, in Paris – 28 January 1894, in Paris) was a French academic sculptor. Biography The son of a silversmith and furniture maker, Cavelier was born in Paris. He was a student of the sculptors David d'Angers ...

. He exhibited at the

Salon de Paris The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...

, and at the

Salon des Artistes Français The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...

between 1874 and 1892. His 1874 marble medallion ''Portrait'' was his first exhibited work. He was awarded the third prize medal in 1881. His pupils included

Edgar-Henri Boutry Edgar Boutry (1857–1938) was a French sculptor who executed several public statues and monuments and worked on several Monuments aux Morts. He also ran the Écoles académiques lilloises. Early years and studies Boutry was born in Lille and ...

Sculpture of Cleopatra

Following restoration, a plaster sculpture of the suicide of

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...

, previously thought to be by Darcq, was revealed to be a work by

Charles Gauthier Charles Gauthier (; 7 December 1831 – 5 January 1891) was a French sculptor who was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1872."GAUTHIER, Charles." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'', Oxford University Press. Retrieved ...

after Gauthier's signature was discovered during cleaning.Cléopâtre, 1880.
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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* :fr:Albert Darcq * :es:Albert Darcq 1848 births 1895 deaths Artists from Lille 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub