- Aimé Millet
Aimé Millet (September 28, 1819 - January 14, 1891) was a noted French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris.
Millet was the son of miniaturist Frederick Millet (1796-1859) and uncle to
Chicago architectural decoratorJulian Louis Millet (1856-1923). He studied and made first in 1836 at theÉcole des Beaux Arts withDavid d'Angers andViollet-le-Duc , who was later to design the base of Millet's statue ofVercingetorix inAlesia .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 sculptorPierre Louis Rouillard and his students includedLouis Majorelle ,Berthe Morisot , andFrançois Pompon .Millet died in Paris on January 14, 1891, and is buried in
Montmartre Cemetery .Selected works
* The monumental statue of
Vercingetorix , ordered byNapoleon III , built on site in Alesia.
* "Apollo, Poetry, and Music", onParis Opera roof, between 1860-1869
*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 theExposition Universelle (1878) , currently on the square of theMusée d'Orsay References
* Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977.
* [http://www.insecula.com/us/contact/A005745.html Insecula entry]
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