Léon-Alexandre Delhomme
Léon-Alexandre Delhomme was a French sculptor. He is immortalised by a statue in the cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
Life
He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of Augustin Dumont and of Joseph-Hugues Fabisch.In 1867, he was elected to the municipal council of Paris.
Works
- Statue of the Republic, in the main amphitheatre of the Sorbonne. She is shown as a wise woman between an urn and a lion "removing the veil of ignorance from a young Frenchman", in one of the university's least neutral sculptures.
- Statue of Louis Blanc in bronze, melted down during World War Two, located on Place Monge
- Above the entrance to the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville - Paris
- Bust of the French doctor Stanislas Laugier
- Statue Defiance known as The GaulDémocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme.
- Standing warrior
- Medal of Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand
- Cast iron