Edouard Lanteri

Infobox Person
name = Edouard Lanteri


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birth_date = birth date|1848|11|1|df=y
birth_place = Auxerre, France
death_date = death date and age|1917|12|22|1848|11|1|df=y
death_place = London, England
occupation = sculptor and medalist

Edouard Lanteri (sometimes known as Edward Lanteri) was a sculptor and medalist who was born in France but later took British nationality. He studied art in the studios of François-Joseph Duret and Aimé Millet and at the school of fine arts under Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume and Pierre-Jules Cavelier. A period of poverty led Edouard to becoming a cabinetmaker, but in 1872 on the recommendation of fellow sculptor Jules Dalou, he moved to London to work as a studio assistant to Joseph Edgar Boehm. Edouard stayed at the studio until 1890.

Edouard's sculptures were mainly modelled in clay before being cast in bronze, though he would also work in stone. He produced portrait busts, statuettes and life size statues. His romantic French style of sculpting was seen as influential among exponents of New Sculpture.

As of 1880 he taught at the South Kensington Arts Schools and in 1900 became the college's first Professor of Modelling (1900-10).

Written works

Towards the end of Latari's life he wrote a series of three books, explaining the art of human and animal composition in sculpture. First released as a collection of three books, they are now commonly found as two, with the animal sculpture separate from the human form. These books are still common required texts for many sculpture courses. The foreword to the original book was by friend and fellow sculptor Auguste Rodin.

* "Modelling; A Guide for Teachers and Students". London, Chapman and Hall (1911)

Notable pupils

* Alexander Carrick
* Francis William Doyle-Jones
* Alfred Drury
* Alfred Gilbert
* Margaret Giles [ [http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/landow/victorian/sculpture/giles/Hero2.html] The Victorian Web - sourced 30 August 2007]
* John Hughes
* Charles Sargeant Jagger [ [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Charles_Sargeant_Jagger] sourced 30 August 2007]
* Gilbert Ledward
* Walter Marsden [ [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Marsden%2C_Walter%2C_Sculptor Marsden, Walter, Sculptor - Your Archives ] at yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk sourced 30 August 2007]
* Clare Frewen Sheridan [ [http://www.trotskyana.net/Other_trotskyana/Trotsky_Sculptors/trotsky_sculptors.html] sourced 1 September 2007]
* Albert Toft
* Sir Charles Wheeler
* Francis Derwent Wood [ [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Wood%2C_Francis_Derwent_(1871-1926)_sculptor] sourced 30 August 2007]

References

* [http://www.artnet.com/library/04/0492/T049214.asp] Artnet.com sourced 30 July 2007