Pierre Louis Rouillard (; Paris, 16 January 1820 – Paris, 2 June 1881) 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 sc ...

known for his sculptures of animals. He was one of a "school of French '' animalières''", which also included

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Antoine-Louis Barye Antoine-Louis Barye (; 24 September 179525 June 1875) was a Romantic French sculptor most famous for his work as an ''animalier'', a sculptor of animals. His son and student was the sculptor Alfred Barye. Biography Born in Paris, France, Barye ...

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and

François Pompon François Pompon (; 9 May 1855 – 6 May 1933) was a French sculptor and animalier. Pompon made his Salon debut in 1879, exhibiting a statue of Victor Hugo's Cosette (from ''Les Misérables''). He was a pioneer of modern stylized animalier ...

. He worked mainly in

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rather than

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. Rouillard attended the

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, where he was a pupil of Jean-Pierre Cortot. He was a professor of sculpture at the

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from 1840 to 1881. François Pompon studied with him. His works include sculptures for the

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and the

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. He was commissioned to travel to

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, by Sultan

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. He has many sculptures in different locations of Istanbul, including a bull sculpture at the center of Istanbul's

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district. He was awarded the

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and made a Chevalier of the

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. He is buried at

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Works

Gallery of images

File:La Louve de Rouillard.jpg, ''"La Louve"' by entrance to the Garden of the “Grand Rond” in Toulouse. File:La chienne de Rouillard.jpg, ''"La Chienne"'' by entrance to the Garden of the “Grand Rond” in Toulouse. File:Palacio de Beylerbeyi Estambul 2007 león Rouillard.jpg File:Cheval Herse Rouillard Orsay RF3754.jpg File:Christofle-porcherie1878.jpg, ''"Porcherie"'' File:Le cerf du Vésinet 002.JPG, ''"Le cerf du Vésinet"'' File:Lion de L'Indie - Rouillard, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.jpg, ''"Lion de L'Indie"'' File:Dorfold Dog .jpg, 'Mastiff with puppies' at Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, England

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Pierre Louis Rouillard (1820–1881) sculpteur animalier, professeur de sculpture et d'anatomie
(French) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouillard, Pierre Louis 1820 births 1881 deaths Knights of the Legion of Honour École des Beaux-Arts alumni 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists