- Pierre Louis Rouillard
Pierre Louis Rouillard (Paris,
16 January 1820 – Paris,2 June 1881 ) was a Frenchsculptor known for his sculptures of animals. He was one of a "school of French "animalières" which also includedPierre-Jules Mêne ,Antoine-Louis Barye ,Auguste Caïn andFrançois Pompon . He worked mainly incast iron rather thanbronze .Rouillard attended the
École des Beaux-Arts inParis , where he was a pupil ofJean-Pierre Cortot . He was a professor of sculpture at theÉcole des Arts décoratifs from 1840 to 1881. François Pompon studied with him.His works include sculptures for the Opéra de Paris,
Palais du Louvre and theFontaine Saint-Michel .He was awarded the
Ordre des Palmes Académiques and made a Chevalier of theLégion d'honneur . He is buried atIssy .Works
*"Cheval à la herse" (Horse with a harrow) (1877) (
Musée d'Orsay , Paris)
*Mastiff with puppies (c. 1855) (Dorfold Hall , Cheshire, UK) [Latham FA, ed. "Acton", p. 117 (The Local History Group; 1995) (ISBN 0 9522284 1 6)]References
External links
* [http://miroir.mrugala.net/Arisitum/promo/rouilar.htm Pierre Louis Rouillard (1820–1881) sculpteur animalier, professeur de sculpture et d'anatomie] (French)
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