Élias Robert

French sculptor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench sculptor
A.K.A.Louis Valentin Robert
A.K.A.Louis Valentin Robert
PlacesFrance
wasArtist Sculptor
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth15 September 1819, Étampes
Death29 April 1874Paris (aged 54 years)
The details

Biography

There are two Louis-Valentin Robert :
1) Louis Valentin Robert born 15 September 1819 (Étampes) died 2 October 1819 (Étampes)
His younger brother with the same name :
2) Louis Valentin Robert called Élias Robert born 6 June 1821 (Étampes) died 29 April 1874 (Paris) is a French sculptor. His major works include :
Phryne, Louvre museum (1855)
France crowning Art and Industry (1855)
Justice, a bronze crowning one of the columns of Fontaine Saint-Michel (1861)
Agriculture and Industry displayed on the main facade of Gare d'Austerlitz (1868)
the Caryatid of Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers
A collection of his works was donated to the city museum of Étampes after his death.

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