Eugène Delaplanche

Eugène Delaplanche was a French sculptor, born at Belleville (Seine).

Life

He was a pupil of Duret, gained the Prix de Rome in 1864, and the medal of honor in 1878. His "Messenger of Love", "Aurora", and the "Virgin of the Lillies", are in the Luxembourg. Other works by him are "Music", called his masterpiece; "Eve After the Fall" ; "Maternal Instruction" ; and the statues of "Security" and "Commerce" in the Hôtel de Ville, Paris. He is also noted for his decorations in relief on vases of Haviland faience. His best work is naturalistic, but at the same time dignified and simple in line, and shows sound mastery of technique. He is represented by 15 works in the Glyptothek, Copenhagen, and in many other French museums and in churches.

Works in museums

Musée d'Orsay, Paris
*Virgin with a Lily, 1878, marble
* Africa, 1878, bronze, on the parvis of the museum
* Eve before the Fall, 1891, marble
* Eve after the Fall, c. 1869, marbleChild riding a tortoise, 1866, bronze, Marseille, Musée des Beaux-ArtsAllegory of Air, bronze, Compiègne, Musée Antoine VivenelAllegory of Water, bronze, Compiègne, Musée Antoine VivenelStudy of a monk's head, c. 1870, marble, Le Puy-en-Velay, Musée CrozatierSaint Agnes, 1873, Église Sainte-Croix, Paulhan in HéraultMaternal education, 1875, square Samuel-Rousseau, 7th arrondissement, Paris.