Philippe Poitevin (21 January 183115 September 1907) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Philippe Poitevin was a student of Joseph-Marius Ramus and

Armand Toussaint The French sculptor François Christophe Armand Toussaint was born in Paris on April 7, 1806, and died there on May 24, 1862. The son of a locksmith, Armand Toussaint entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, École des Beaux-Art ...

. He began at the Salon of 1855 and produced mainly busts. In 1854, he was hired to restore the friezes of the

Palais des Tuileries The Tuileries Palace (, ) was a palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the Seine, directly in the west-front of the Louvre Palace. It was the Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henri IV to Napoleon III, until it was ...

in Paris. In 1856, he was hired to make 85 stone sculptures for the Lesdiguières Pavilion in the

Louvre Palace The Louvre Palace (, ), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxe ...

. After a ten-year stay in Paris, he settled in Marseille. He worked for the

Palais Longchamp The Palais Longchamp () is a monument in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It houses both the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille, Musée des beaux-arts and the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. The surrounding Longchamp Park (F ...

in Marseille where, in the main staircase of the Museum of Fine Arts, he produced two groups of two children carrying cartridges on which are engraved the names of artists ''Finssonius'' (

Louis Finson Louis Finson, Lodewijk Finson or Ludovicus Finsonius (between 1574 and 1580 – 1617) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, copyist and art dealer. He painted portraits, religious compositions, allegorical paintings and genre scenes. Moving to Ital ...

) and ''Dandré-Bardon'' (

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon Michel François André-Bardon (; 22 May 1700 – 13 April 1785) was a French History painting, history painter and etcher. Biography Early life He was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. He signed his name Dandré-Bardon, or D. Bardon, because his ...

), as well as four bronze medallions, on either side of the museum entrance doors, representing

Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (; ), was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuv ...

and

Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...

for the door of the natural history museum,

Nicolas Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythologic ...

and

Pierre Puget Pierre Paul Puget (16 October 1620 (or 31 October 1622) – 2 December 1694) was a French Baroque painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. His sculpture expressed emotion, pathos and drama, setting it apart from the more classical and academ ...

for that of the museum the fine Arts. For the Longchamp Palace nymphaeum, he produced the bust of Maximin-Dominique Consolat which faces that of the engineer

Jean François Mayor de Montricher Jean François Mayor de Montricher (otherwise Frantz Mayor de Montricher) (19 April 1810 – 28 May 1858) was a Swiss engineer. He designed the Roquefavour Aqueduct, near Aix-en-Provence in France, and drained the Fucine Lake in Central Italy. B ...

, sculpted by

André-Joseph Allar André-Joseph Allar (22 August 1845 – 11 April 1926) was a French sculptor. Biography André-Joseph Allar was born in Toulon on 22 August 1845. He became a successful sculptor after training under Antoine Laurent Dantan and Pierre-Jules Cave ...

. Philippe Poitevin also adorns the facade of the with the bust of

Sesostris Sesostris () is the name of a king of ancient Egypt who, according to Herodotus, led a military expedition into parts of Europe. Tales of Sesostris are probably based on the life of Senusret I, Senusret III and perhaps other Pharaohs such as Sho ...

to represent the art of ancient Egypt, and that of

Leo X Pope Leo X (; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political and banking Me ...

to represent the

Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance ( ) was a period in History of Italy, Italian history between the 14th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Western Europe and marked t ...

Public collections

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, Museum of Fine Arts : ** ''The Ball Player'', 1859, bronze statuette. ** ''The Spinning Top Player'', 1860, bronze statuette. ** ''Daphnis et Chloé'', 1875, marble group. ** ''Portrait of the Artist's Wife'', 1893, marble bust. ** ''Young girl with a needle'', marble.

Gallery

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poitevin, Philippe 1831 births 1907 deaths People from Var (department)