Alphonse-Amédée Cordonnier (1848–1930) was a French sculptor. Born in

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, Cordonnier was educated in nearby

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, then in Paris, then in Rome, on a scholarship funded by the foundation of Jean-Baptiste Wicar. Cordonnier 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 1877. Combined with his realistic style, many of Coronnier's themes are progressive and socially minded, for example his ''Les Miséreux'' (the Destitute), ''Les Pauvres gens'' (the Poor), and ''L'inoculation et la fermentation'' (Inoculation and Fermentation), all to be seen at the

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Work

* ''Printemps'' (Spring), 1883 * ''Maternity'', now in the ''Place Adolphe-Chérioux'',

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, 1899 * allegorical facade figures of ''Education'' and ''Vigilance'' for the

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, circa 1900, for architect Victor Laloux * allegorical figure of ''Sculpture'' (1900), facade of the

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, Paris * ''The Sower'', now at La Piscine Museum,

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, 1907 * figures representing cotton-gathering and sheep-shearing,

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, 1911, for architect Victor Laloux * the figure of ''Music'', holding a lyre, for the facade of the

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, completed 1914, inaugurated 1923, for architect Louis M. Cordonnier * Monument to

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, in Lille *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cordonnier, Alphonse-Amedee 1848 births 1930 deaths People from La Madeleine, Nord French architectural sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists