Jean Antoine Injalbert

Jean Antoine Injalbert (1845-1933) was a much-decorated French sculptor, born at Bziers.

He was a pupil of Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1874. At the Exposition of 1889 he won the Grand Prix, and in 1900 was a member of the jury. On the day of the inauguration of the Pont Mirabeau in Paris, Injalbert was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur. In 1905 he was made a member of the Institute, and in 1910 promoted to Commander of the Legion of Honor.

His work shows powerful imagination and strong personality, as well as great knowledge. He was influential as a teacher; among his many students was the American sculptor Edward McCartan.

Work includes:

* monument to Molière in Pézenas, 1897
* four allegorical figures of "The City of Paris, Navigation, Commerce" and "Abundance" on the Pont Mirabeau, Paris, 1896
* figures of "Electricity" and "Commerce" on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, 1905
* "Hippomenes" at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
* "Eve After the Fall", in Montpellier
* "Sadi-Carnot" in Sète
* "Love Conquering the Lion", "Fame", "The Laughing Child" and several others, in Béziers
* figure of Honoré Mirabeau at the Panthéon (Paris)
* bust of Louis Gallet, in Valence, Drôme

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