Louis-Denis Caillouette

Louis-Denis Caillouette (9 May 1790 – 8 February 1868) was a French sculptor. His pupils included the medallist Adrien Baudet

Life Born in Paris, the son of André Louis Caillouette, he studied at the École des beaux-arts de Paris in Philippe-Laurent Roland's studio. In 1809, he won third place in the prix de Rome with Marius in the Ruins of Carthage. Financial problems forced him to seek non-artistic work and it was only around 1816 that he recommenced training in a studio, this time that of Pierre Cartellier, winning second place in the prix de Rome competition in 1818. Having reached the age limit for the competition, he shifted into commercial production of small bronzes and accepting state commissions for restoring earlier sculptures.

In 1836 Caillouette, Dupuis l'Aîné and Dupuis Jeune jointly opened a free drawing school for workers of the faubourg Saint-Denis in the cour des Petites-Écuries of the former 3rd arrondissement of Paris (now in the 10e). Three times a week, they held two hour lessons at 8 pm, attended by hundreds of workers, who thus increased their income. The school also trained painter decorators, porcelain painters, gold engravers and ornamental sculptors. The city authorities allocated 4200 francs to help run the school, which held an exhibition in 1840 at the mairie (town hall) of the former 3rd arrondissement.

Louis-Denis Caillouette lived at 8 rue Cassette à Paris. He was a member of the Société libre des beaux-arts de Paris and died in Paris.

Paris Salon works 1822 : Bust of Jacques Ruisdaël, bought by the French state; Mathematics, bas-relief for the Éléphant de la Bastille fountain; A Fisherman, plaster, 2nd class medal 1824 : The Immaculate Conception; Architecture, bas-relief; Psyche Abandoned; Justice; Asia; Europe. 1827 : Architecture. 1831 : Louis-Philippe I. 1840 : Saint Elizabeth, stone statue 1847 : Madonna and Child, plaster; Eucharis Abandoned by Telemachus, plaster; Jean-Pierre Cortot, bronze.

Selected works

Restoration Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris : The Chancellor of Aligre and His Son, by Laurent Magnier (1618–1700), restored around 1838. place de la Concorde, Paris : Chevaux de Marly, by Guillaume Coustou, restored in 1840.

Prizes