Mathurin Moreau (18 November 1822 – 14 February 1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style. Moreau was born in

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earl ...

, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the

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, and in 1912 had a street named in his honor. His father was the sculptor and his siblings included sculptors Hippolyte and Auguste Moreau.

Selected works

* ''La Fileuse'', marble,

Palais du Luxembourg The Luxembourg Palace (french: Palais du Luxembourg, ) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of th ...

* Victoria Park Fountain, Ashford Kent, originally 1862. * ''Cologne'', limestone, 1865, façade de la

gare du Nord The Gare du Nord (; English: ''station of the North'' or ''Northern Station''), officially Paris-Nord, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. The station accommodates the trains that run between the capit ...

* ''Nymphe fluviale'', the , Paris (1874) * ''L'Océanie'', from the

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courtyard * ''Zenobe Gramme'', bronze,

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courtyard, Paris * ''Monument de Joigneaux'', for which he received the medal of honor, Salon of 1897 * Tomb of Zenobe Gramme,

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures ...

, Paris, circa 1901 * ''Lord Strathcona Fountain'', Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, unveiled 1 July 1909 * ''Fountain of the Continents'' (The original name was ''La Fontaine de L'Observatoire''), Mendoza (

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), 1910. * Négresse and Égyptienne - mass-produced neoclassical style beaux-arts statues depicting female ancient Egyptian and ancient Kushite royal figures holding aloft a torch. Usually cast in iron. Notable examples can be seen outside the Shelbourne Hotel in

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, at the mausoleum of the American architect Temple Hoyne Buell and in the Jardins do Palácio de Cristal in

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References

Insecula entry

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreau, Mathurin 1822 births 1912 deaths Artists from Dijon Prix de Rome for sculpture École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists