Louis-Léopold Chambard


Louis-Léopold Chambard was a French sculptor from Jura.
He was born in Saint-Amour dans le Jura and was son of Claude Louis Joseph Marie Chambard, a merchant, After studying at the municipal school of arts in Lyon, he continued at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under supervision of Pierre-Jean David d'Angers and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1837 for his sculpture Marius sur les ruines de Carthage. His success allowed him to be resident from 1838 to 1843 at Villa Medici housing the French Academy in Rome. Chambard had an exposition of his sculptures at the Salon of 1841 in Paris. Upon his return from Italy, he had other commissions notably for the Louvre. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1895.

Main works

Marius sur les ruines de Carthage, 1837Apollon et Coronis, 1842La Parure, 1850Une suppliante, 1852L'Abondance, 1857L'Inspiration, 1859La Modestie, 1861, east facade of the Cour Carrée in the Palais du Louvre, ParisEnfant portant une coquille, 1863Mercure, 1866La Vengeance, 1868Jean-Jacques Cambacérès, 1876-1877 Rouget de l'Isle, 1880Folette, 1882Pompier qui sauve deux enfants d'un incendie, 1885Androclès et le lion reconnaissant, 1888Le Bûcheron, bronze with brown and golden brown patina