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Georges Bareau

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Georges Bareau
Born11 April 1866
Died4 January 1931(1931-01-04) (aged 64)
Occupationartist

Georges Marie Valentin Bareau (11 April 1866 in Paimbœuf - 4 January 1931 in Nantes) was a French sculptor.

Biography

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La Vision du Poète (1902), Paris, jardin du Ranelagh.

Georges Bareau's father was a carpenter in Paimbœuf.

He entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris where he was a pupil of Charles Gauthier and Gabriel-Jules Thomas. He exhibited at the Salon from 1889.

In 1893, he won a third medal at the Salon de la Société des artistes français and then, the following year, a vermeil medal at the Exposition universelle de Lyon. He was awarded the Salon prize in 1895, and at the end of the Brussels International Exhibition of 1897, he was placed out of competition. A gold medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris crowned his career.

He was promoted to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour in December 1906.

Georges Bareau died in Nantes on 4 January 1931 bequeathing all his works to the City of Saint-Nazaire. He is buried in Nantes at the Miséricorde Cemetery.[1]

Works in public collections

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In Canada

In Denmark

In France

Fonts of edition

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The majority of these were made by the foundry workshop of Ferdinand Barbedienne.

  • David in front of Saul, Salon of 1893
  • The Conqueror, 1894
  • L'Appel des armes
  • Poetry
  • Diana Riding an Eagle
  • "Allegory of History".
  • Vox Pacis
  • The Falconer
  • Fortune
  • Allegory of Letters *
  • Figure of a ploughman *
  • The Blacksmith

Notes

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  1. ^ Dedication on the plaque of the base: Offered to Moscow Charles Boulanger, Mayor of Péronne by the Municipal Council, the administrators of the hospice, the directors of the Caisse d'Epargne on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour.

References

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  1. ^ Quoted in the Presse-Océan.fr article Miséricorde: illustres oubliés, dated 15 September 2010, reprinted on the site Landru cimetières.
  2. ^ "Éveil de l'humanité" Archived 2013-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, notice on musee-orsay.fr.
  3. ^ "'Nemo and Jules Verne as a child', a statue on the Butte Sainte-Anne" (in French). Nantes.
  4. ^ "Jules Verne in Nantes" (in French). Le blog de Véronique D.
  5. ^ "Monument to Jules Verne - Jardin des Plantes - Nantes (melted down and replaced by stone)", notice on e-monumen.net
  6. ^ "Monument aux morts de 1870, ou Monument aux enfants de Loire-Inférieure, ou Monument aux combattants, dit aussi 'Pour le drapeau' - Nantes", notice on e-monumen.net.
  7. ^ hervedavid.fr.
  8. ^ "Monument to Alphonse Guérin - Ploërmel", notice on e-monumen.net.
  9. ^ "Monument to José Frappa - Saint-Étienne", notice on e-monumen.net
  10. ^ "Madame X", notice on musee-orsay.fr.
  11. ^ "Monument to Jacques Cartier - Saint-Malo", notice on e-monumen.net
  12. ^ "Monument to Fernand Gasnier - Saint-Nazaire (melted down)", notice on e-monumen.net.
  13. ^ Jean Briconnet (Tours, c. 1420-Tours, 1493), Receiver General of Finances, first Mayor of Tours in 1462.
  14. ^ "Monument aux morts de 1870, dit Pour le drapeau - Villeneuve-sur-Lot", notice on e-monumen.net.