Émile Peynot
Émile Edmond Peynot 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, portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.Tunisian Merchant, 1883, Brooklyn Museum, New York.La Aurora, Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento, Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.La Lucha Eterna, 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.