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Laurent Marqueste
Laurent Marqueste
Born	Laurent-Honoré Marqueste; 12 June 1848; Toulouse, France
Died	5 April 1920 (aged 71); Paris
Nationality	French

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Laurent-Honoré Marqueste (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɑ̃ ɔnɔʁe maʁkɛst]; Toulouse 12 June 1848 — Paris, 5 April 1920) was a French sculptor in the neo-Baroque Beaux-Arts tradition. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy and of Alexandre Falguière.^[1] Marqueste won the Prix de Rome in 1871.

Life

Marqueste was born at Toulouse, 12 June 1848. He made his official debut at the Paris salon of 1874 (with his painting Jacob and the Angel). In 1893, he became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris. In 1884 he received the Legion of Honour (becoming an officer in 1894, and commander in 1903). He became a member of the Institut de France in 1894.^[2]

Career

Marqueste's virtuosic work, often combining two figures, tended to be executed by specialist carvers working by pointing up his models, as had become common studio practice among French sculptors in the later nineteenth century.

Among his commissions are a large number of allegorical architectural figural sculptures, historical portraits (Victor Hugo, and Geographie for the Sorbonne, 1901) and others for the monumental Gare d'Orsay (now the Musée d'Orsay), the Beaux-Arts de Paris, the Grand Palais for the 1900 Exposition, and the Hôtel Dufayel, Avenue des Champs-Élysées (1906, demolished), which was very much criticised; as well as monuments for North^[3] and South America. He was also the author of portrait busts and statues of Victor Hugo, Léo Delibes, Ferdinand Fabre and a large output of classical subjects. He gained the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900.

He taught at Beaux-Arts de Paris, where his notable students included Fanny Rozet.^[4]^[5]

His portrait bust, sculpted by Ernest Henri Dubois, is at the Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, which also has a considerable series of statuettes and maquettes, or sculptural sketches.^[6] His papers are conserved at the historical department of the Archives Nationales.^[7]

Selected works

Velléda (seated figure, 1877) (At the entrance to the Musée des Augustins, Toulouse)^[8]
The Sorrow of Orpheus (1879)
Diana Surprised at the Bath (1880)
Cupid (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse)
Galatea (1884)
L'Art et la Fortune (1887)
Nessus and Deianira (1892) (Tuileries Gardens, Paris).
Perseus and the Gorgon 1890. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre;^[9] Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen).
La Cigale (1900)
Hebe (1909, shown at the Salon des artistes français)

Notes

^ He executed sculpture for the monument to Falguière in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Marqueste, Laurent Honoré" . Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company.
^ The monument to Severn Teackle Wallis, Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore (1904);
^ Shayo, Alberto (2016). Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club. ACC Art Books. pp. 31, 214. ISBN 978-1-85149-824-6. Retrieved 2022-09-27 – via Issuu. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "Rozet, Fanny". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00157339. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
^ Ministère de la Culture: Laurent Marqueste.
^ BORA
^ Velléda
^ Illustration.

External links

Laurent Marqueste in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

[1] He executed sculpture for the monument to Falguière in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Marqueste, Laurent Honoré" . Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company.

[3] The monument to Severn Teackle Wallis, Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore (1904);

[:3-4] Shayo, Alberto (2016). Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club. ACC Art Books. pp. 31, 214. ISBN 978-1-85149-824-6. Retrieved 2022-09-27 – via Issuu. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[:0-5] "Rozet, Fanny". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00157339. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

[6] Ministère de la Culture: Laurent Marqueste.

[7] BORA

[8] Velléda

[9] Illustration.

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 [[File:Jardin des Tuileries - Statue du centaure Nessus enlevant Déjanire - Paris 01 - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APMH00037433.jpg|thumb|220px|1911 picture of the statue of Nessus and Déjanire]]
 [[Image:Centaur nymph Marqueste Tuileries.jpg|thumb|220px|''[[Nessus (mythology)|Nessus]]'', 1892<br /> ([[Tuileries Gardens]], Paris). As can be seen in comparison with the statue in 1911, missing pieces are the arrow in Nessus and a foot and hand of Déjanire ]]
-'''Laurent-Honoré Marqueste''' ([[Toulouse]] 12 June 1848 — [[Paris]], 5 April 1920) was a French sculptor in the neo-Baroque Beaux-Arts tradition. He was a pupil of [[François Jouffroy]] and of [[Alexandre Falguière]]<ref>He executed sculpture for the monument to Falguière in the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]], Paris.</ref>. Marqueste won the [[Prix de Rome]] in 1871.
+'''Laurent-Honoré Marqueste''' ({{IPA|fr|lɔʁɑ̃ ɔnɔʁe maʁkɛst}}; [[Toulouse]] 12 June 1848 — [[Paris]], 5 April 1920) was a French sculptor in the neo-Baroque Beaux-Arts tradition. He was a pupil of [[François Jouffroy]] and of [[Alexandre Falguière]].<ref>He executed sculpture for the monument to Falguière in the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]], Paris.</ref> Marqueste won the [[Prix de Rome]] in 1871.
 ==Life==
 Marqueste was born at [[Toulouse]], 12 June 1848.
-He made his official debut at the [[Paris salon]] of 1874 (''Jacob and the Angel'').
+He made his official debut at the [[Paris salon]] of 1874 (with his painting ''Jacob and the Angel'').
-In 1893, he became a professor at the  [[École des Beaux-Arts]].
+In 1893, he became a professor at the  [[École des Beaux-Arts]] of Paris. In 1884 he received the [[Legion of Honour]] (becoming an officer in 1894, and commander in 1903). He became a member of the [[Institut de France]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite EB1922|wstitle=Marqueste, Laurent Honoré}}</ref>
-He became a member of the Institute in 1894, he received the [[Legion of Honour]] in 1884, (officer, 1894; commander, 1903).<ref>{{cite EB1922|wstitle=Marqueste, Laurent Honoré}}</ref>
 ==Career==
-His virtuosic work, often combining two figures, tended to be executed by specialist carvers working by pointing up his models, as had become common studio practice among French sculptors in the later nineteenth century.
+Marqueste's virtuosic work, often combining two figures, tended to be executed by specialist carvers working by pointing up his models, as had become common studio practice among French sculptors in the later nineteenth century.
-Among his commissions are a large number of allegorical architectural figural sculptures, historical portraits (''Victor Hugo'', and ''Geographie'' for the [[Sorbonne]], 1901) and others for the monumental Gare d'Orsay (now the [[Musée d'Orsay]]), the [[Collège des Beaux-Arts]], the [[Grand Palais]] for the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 Exposition]], and the Hôtel Dufayel, [[Champs-Élysées|Avenue des Champs-Élysées]] (1906, demolished). Public monuments by Marquest are to be found also, in which was very much criticised; as well as monuments for North<ref>The monument to Severn Teackle Wallis, Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore (1904);</ref> and South America. He was also the author of portrait busts and statues of [[Victor Hugo]], [[Léo Delibes]], [[Ferdinand Fabre]] and a large output of classical subjects. He gained the Grand Prix at the Paris [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle of 1900]].
+Among his commissions are a large number of allegorical architectural figural sculptures, historical portraits (''Victor Hugo'', and ''Geographie'' for the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], 1901) and others for the monumental Gare d'Orsay (now the [[Musée d'Orsay]]), the [[Beaux-Arts de Paris]], the [[Grand Palais]] for the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 Exposition]], and the Hôtel Dufayel, [[Champs-Élysées|Avenue des Champs-Élysées]] (1906, demolished), which was very much criticised; as well as monuments for North<ref>The monument to Severn Teackle Wallis, Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore (1904);</ref> and South America. He was also the author of portrait busts and statues of [[Victor Hugo]], [[Léo Delibes]], [[Ferdinand Fabre]] and a large output of classical subjects. He gained the Grand Prix at the Paris [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle of 1900]].
+He taught at [[Beaux-Arts de Paris]], where his notable students included [[Fanny Rozet]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Shayo |first=Alberto |others=Antique Collectors Club |title=Statuettes art deco period |url=https://issuu.com/accpublishinggroup/docs/sp16statuettes_art_deco_period |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=issuu.com |date=2016 |publisher=ACC Art Books |pages=31, 214 |language=en |via=Issuu |isbn=978-1-85149-824-6}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Rozet, Fanny |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00157339 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford Art Online |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00157339 |isbn=978-0-19-989991-3}}</ref>
-His portrait bust, sculpted by Ernest Henri Dubois, is at the [[Musée des Augustins]], Toulouse, which also has a considerable series of statuettes and ''[[maquette]]s'', or sculptural sketches.<ref>[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=APTN&VALUE_98=Marqueste%20Mme%20Vve%20Laurent%20Honor%E9&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=1 Ministère de la Culture: Laurent Marqueste].</ref> His papers are conserved at the Centre historique des archives nationales.<ref>[http://daf.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ap/fiche.xsp?id=DAFANCH00AP_343AP27 BORA]</ref>
+His portrait bust, sculpted by Ernest Henri Dubois, is at the [[Musée des Augustins]], Toulouse, which also has a considerable series of statuettes and ''[[maquette]]s'', or sculptural sketches.<ref>[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=APTN&VALUE_98=Marqueste%20Mme%20Vve%20Laurent%20Honor%E9&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=1 Ministère de la Culture: Laurent Marqueste].</ref> His papers are conserved at the historical department of the [[Archives Nationales (France)|Archives Nationales]].<ref>[http://daf.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ap/fiche.xsp?id=DAFANCH00AP_343AP27 BORA]</ref>
 ==Selected works==

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