- François Jouffroy
François Jouffroy (
February 1 ,1806 -June 25 ,1882 ) was a French sculptor.he was born in
Dijon , the son of a baker, and attended the local drawing school before being admitted to theEcole des Beaux-Arts inParis in 1824. In 1832 he won thePrix de Rome . Jouffroy often had to contend withPierre-Jean David d’Angers for public commissions, but during the Second Empire (1851–1870) still participated in the decoration of several public buildings.He died at
Laval, Mayenne , in 1882.Works
His best-known work is probably the sculpture “Girl Confiding her Secret to Venus” (1839), which can presently be seen at the
Louvre . Among his other works are:*the stone pediment for the "Institut des Jeunes Aveugles" (1840)
*the sculptures "Varsovie" and "Bruxelles" at the "Chapelle-Montmartre-Parmentier" (c. 1864-1865)
*"Marine Commerce and Naval Power" for the "Guichets du Carrousel" at the Louvre (c. 1867–1868)
*"Harmony" (1865–1869) on the façade of the new Paris Opera
*"L'Aurore", sculpture at the "Montparnasse-Raspail" (c. 1870-1875), one of a set of "Times of the Day" by various sculptorstudents
As a teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Jouffroy had great influence on several famous artists, among these:
*
Alexandre Falguière
*Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié
*Louis-Ernest Barrias
*Augustus Saint-Gaudens
*René de Saint-Marceaux
*António Soares dos Reis
*Olin Levi Warner
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