Jean-Louis Brian

French sculptor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench sculptor
PlacesFrance
wasArtist Sculptor
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth21 November 1805, Avignon, arrondissement of Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Death1 January 1864Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 58 years)
Star signScorpio
The details

Biography

Jean-Louis Brian (1805 Avignon-1864 Paris) was a French sculptor.

Brian was a pupil of David d'Angers. In 1832, he won, together with François Jouffroy, the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture with his statue Capanée foudroyé sous les murs de Thèbes.

Main works

  • Jeanne d'Albret, statue, stone, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg
  • Saint Marc, statue, stone, Paris, place Franz Liszt, facade of the church of Saint Vincent de Paul
  • Caryatid, stone, Paris, Palais du Louvre
  • Portrait of Pierre-Marie Baillot, violinist, 1772–1842, marble, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
  • Portrait of Joseph Romain-Desfossés, admiral, 1798–1864, bust, marble, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
  • Portrait of Leo Strozzi, prior of Capua, general of the galleys, 1515–1554, 1840, bust, plaster, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
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