Camille Lefèvre

Camille Lefèvre (; 1853–1933) was a French sculptor and architect.

Biography

Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in 1870 Lefèvre became a pupil of Jules Cavelier at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

In 1877 and 1878, he won the second Prix de Rome in sculpture.

Throughout his career, Lefevre remained concerned with social issues, participating in charitable works and maintaining relations with the middle left-liberal among artists as Eugène Carrière and journalist Jules Lermina. He was a prominent member of the Salon d'Automne, which Carrière was president of.

Among his students was the American sculptor Frederick Ruckstull. At his death, his collections and his studio was bequeathed to the museum of art and history of Belfort. Other works are kept at the Musée d'Orsay and in provincial museums.

Work

Monument to Emile Levassor in the Square Alexandre-and-René-Parodi Pediment of the Crédit Lyonnais headquarters, Paris (1880–1883) The Ford, marble (1884), installed in 1942 in the gardens of Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris allegorical figure of Painting (1900), the Grand Palais, Paris Triumph of the Republic (1902), Issy-les-Moulineaux completion of the Monument to Léon Gambetta (1905), posthumous work of Jules Dalou completion of the Monument Levassor (1907), posthumous work of Dalou, at the Porte Maillot in Paris. architectural sculpture for the Gare de Rouen-Rive-Droite (1928)

This page translated from its French equivalent accessed 4/22/2011