Jules Blanchard (25 May 1832 – 2 May 1916) 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 ...

. Blanchard was born in

Puiseaux Puiseaux () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Mayors *11 November 1833 - Antoine Jules Dumesnil, Senator of Loiret from 1876 to 1888 *11 October 1891 - Jules Boudin, prior to 1891, mayor of the commune of Puiseau ...

. He was the son-in-law of sculptor

Denis Foyatier Denis Foyatier (21 September 1793 at Bussières, Loire – 19 November 1863 at Paris) was a French sculptor in the neoclassical style. Biography Foyatier was the child of a family of modest means (his father was a weaver and later a farmer ...

. He was a student of

François Jouffroy François Jouffroy (1 February 1806 – 25 June 1882) was a French sculptor. Biography Jouffroy was born in Dijon, France, the son of a baker, and attended the local drawing school before being admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 18 ...

. Blanchard is perhaps best known for his renovation of the

Fontaine du Palmier The Fontaine du Palmier (1806-1808) or Fontaine de la Victoire is a monumental fountain located in the Place du Châtelet, between the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Théâtre de la Ville, in the First Arrondissement of Paris. It was designed t ...

in the

Place du Châtelet The Place du Châtelet () is a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the river Seine, on the borderline between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It lies at the north end of the Pont au Change, a bridge that connects the Île de la Cité, ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

Selected works

* ''La Bocca della verità'' (La bouche de la vérité) (1871), statue, marble, Paris,

Jardin du Luxembourg The Jardin du Luxembourg (), known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de ...

* ''Andromède'' (Salon de 1892), statue, Paris,

* ''La Science'' (commande de 1882), statue, bronze, Paris, by the

Hôtel de Ville, Paris The Hôtel de Ville (, ''City Hall'') is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement. The south wing was originally constructed by François I beginning ...

* ''Boccador'', Paris, by the Hôtel de Ville * Four

caryatid A caryatid ( or or ; grc, Καρυᾶτις, pl. ) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term ''karyatides'' literally means "ma ...

s, on the facade of the Hôtel de Ville * ''Un jeune équilibriste'' (Salon de 1866), plaster * ''Jeune Fille parlant au Sphinx'', mairie de Puiseaux {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanchard, Jules 1832 births 1916 deaths 20th-century French sculptors 20th-century French male artists 19th-century French male artists 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors