André-Joseph Allar (22 August 1845 – 11 April 1926) was a French

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Biography

André-Joseph Allar was born in

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on 22 August 1845. He became a successful sculptor after training under

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and

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. Allar is best known for his small-scale work and architectural designs with majority of his work situated at the local museum in Toulon, including 'Hercules finding his dead son'. His artworks on

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is evidently inspired by the Greek hero, but in particular, the stories that depict the character as a saviour. His architectural features include his works in the Palacio Legislativo Federal with Laurent Marqueste and in the

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. Another one of his famous works is the statue of law displayed on the façade

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. In addition to his career as an artist, Allar joined the

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as an officer in 1896 and the French Institute in 1905. He won various prizes but most notably the

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in 1869 for his sculpture, and later became a member of the

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on 20 May 1905. He died in Toulon on 11 April 1926. A street in Marseille has been named in his honor.

Main works

* ''Hécube découvrant le cadavre de Polydore'', musée des Beaux-Arts à Marseille * ''La mort d’Alceste'', inspired by his wife's death,

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* ''Enfant des Abruzzes'',

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''La mort d'Alceste'', ''Enfant des Abruzzes'
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/ref> * ''Thétis portant les armes d’Achille'' * ''Buste de Montricher'', gallery of the palais Longchamp in Marseille * ''Sainte Madeleine'' on the facade of the Cathedral de la Major in Marseille * ''Monument de la Fédération'' on the place de la République in Toulon. * ''Fontaine de la place Estrangin'', Marseille * ''Fontaine de la place Castellane'', Marseille, in collaboration with

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* ''Portrait de son frère Gaudensi'', museum of Toulon * ''Statues de Jean Bullant et de Jean Goujon'', on the front of the

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* ''Statue de Frédéric Le Play'',

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, Paris * ''The Youth'' and ''The Virile Age'' sculptures in the

in Mexico City, Mexico * ''Monument du Centenaire'', Nice

Gallery

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References

* Académie de Marseille, ''Dictionnaire des marseillais'', Edisud, Marseille, 2001, () * Paul Masson, ''Encyclopédie des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales'', Marseille, 17 volumes, from 1913 to 1937 * Adrien Blés, ''Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille'', Jeanne Laffitte ed., Marseille, 1989, (). * Bruno Wuillequiey, Denise Jasmin, Luc Georget, Bénédicte Ottinger, Florence Dagousset and Gilles Mihière, Régis Bertrand, ''Marseille au XIXe, rêves et triomphes'', Musées de Marseille (16 November 1991 – 15 February 1992), () * Régine Allar, ''La dynastie des Allar'', Revue Marseille, 1982, N° 130, pages 138-143

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