Armand Lucien Bloch (1 July 1866,

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is ...

- 5 March 1932,

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) was a French sculptor.

Life and work

His father, Maurice Bloch, was a sculptor, who established a

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company in 1857. He entered the

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in 1884, where he studied with the sculptors

Alexandre Falguière Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (; also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière, or in short Alexandre Falguière) (7 September 183120 April 1900) was a French sculptor and painter. Biography Falguière was born in Toulouse. A pupil of the ...

and

Antonin Mercié Marius Jean Antonin Mercié (October 30, 1845 in Toulouse – December 12, 1916 in Paris), was a French Sculpture, sculptor, Medalist, medallist and Painting, painter. Biography Mercié entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, ...

. From 1885, he was regular exhibitor at the

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, and was a member from 1888 until his death. He was awarded a silver medal there in 1924.Édouard-Joseph, ''Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains'', Vol.1, « A-E », Art & Édition, 1930, pg.146 His studio was in Paris, but he maintained close ties with Montbéliard, where his brothers Léon and Julien had taken over the family business. Together with his father, he created a monument for the politician, Pierre-Frédéric Dorian; inaugurated in 1892. It was melted down in 1942, under the

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. In 1900, he obtained a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle. His bronze statue for the martyr,

François-Jean de la Barre François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (12 September 17451 July 1766) was a French nobleman. He was tortured and Decapitation, beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's ''Dictionnaire philosophique, Philosophical Dictionar ...

(1905), was originally at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, but was transferred to the in 1926. It too was melted down during

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."Monument au chevalier de La Barre – Paris"
@ e-Monumen In 2001, a replacement was installed. In addition to his larger works, he created numerous busts; including those of ,

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, and . Some of his smaller pieces may be seen at the

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and the .

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Armand Bloch
@ Fonte d'art à Montbeliard 1866 births 1932 deaths 19th-century French sculptors Artists from Montbéliard 20th-century French sculptors {{France-sculptor-stub

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