Émile Peynot

Émile Edmond Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and medallist.

Bio Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy.

He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador.

He created war memorials in Bar-le-Duc, Charenton-le-Pont, Ecouen, Joigny, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Liévin, Sens and for his home town, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.

He died in Paris in 1932.

Famous works Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon. Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot. Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges. Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon. Tunisian Merchant, 1883, Brooklyn Museum, New York. La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires. Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires. La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), Parque El Ejido, Quito. Francia a la Argentina A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts.