Family tree of Aimé Millet
Painter, Sculptor
Born Aimé Millet
French sculptor
Born on September 28, 1819 in Paris , France
Died on January 14, 1891 in Paris , France
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Aimé Millet (September 28, 1819 – January 14, 1891) was a French sculptor who was a professor at the École des Arts décoratifs.
... Aimé Millet (September 28, 1819 – January 14, 1891) was a French sculptor who was a professor at the École des Arts décoratifs.
Biography
Born in Paris, Millet was the son of miniaturist Frédéric Millet (1796–1859) and uncle to Chicago architectural decorator Julian Louis Millet (1856–1923). He studied and made first in 1836 at the École des Beaux Arts with David d'Angers and Viollet-le-Duc, who was later to design the base of Millet's statue of Vercingetorix in Alesia.
In 1840 Millet began to produce his early works, in 1859 received the Légion d'honneur, and in February 1870 was appointed professor at the École des Arts décoratifs. He was a friend of sculptor Pierre Louis Rouillard and his students included Louis Majorelle, Berthe Morisot, John Walz, Henri-Camille Danger and François Pompon.
Millet died in Paris on January 14, 1891, and is buried in Montmartre Cemetery.
Selected works
The monumental statue of Vercingetorix, ordered by Napoleon III, built on site in Alesia.
Apollo, Poetry, and Music, on Paris Opéra roof, between 1860–69
François-René de Chateaubriand, bronze statue, Saint Malo, 1875
Cassandre se met sous la protection de Pallas, Jardin des Tuileries, 1877
South America, one of six cast iron allegories of the continents, built for the Exposition Universelle (1878), currently on the square of the Musée d'Orsay
Phidias at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, 1887
References
Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977.
Insecula entry
External links
Aimé Millet in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
... Aimé Millet (September 28, 1819 – January 14, 1891) was a French sculptor who was a professor at the École des Arts décoratifs.
Biography
Born in Paris, Millet was the son of miniaturist Frédéric Millet (1796–1859) and uncle to Chicago architectural decorator Julian Louis Millet (1856–1923). He studied and made first in 1836 at the École des Beaux Arts with David d'Angers and Viollet-le-Duc, who was later to design the base of Millet's statue of Vercingetorix in Alesia.
In 1840 Millet began to produce his early works, in 1859 received the Légion d'honneur, and in February 1870 was appointed professor at the École des Arts décoratifs. He was a friend of sculptor Pierre Louis Rouillard and his students included Louis Majorelle, Berthe Morisot, John Walz, Henri-Camille Danger and François Pompon.
Millet died in Paris on January 14, 1891, and is buried in Montmartre Cemetery.
Selected works
The monumental statue of Vercingetorix, ordered by Napoleon III, built on site in Alesia.
Apollo, Poetry, and Music, on Paris Opéra roof, between 1860–69
François-René de Chateaubriand, bronze statue, Saint Malo, 1875
Cassandre se met sous la protection de Pallas, Jardin des Tuileries, 1877
South America, one of six cast iron allegories of the continents, built for the Exposition Universelle (1878), currently on the square of the Musée d'Orsay
Phidias at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, 1887
References
Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977.
Insecula entry
External links
Aimé Millet in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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