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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 Frédéric Millet (1796–1859) and uncle to Chicago architectural decorator Julian Louis Millet (1856–1923). He studied and made first in 1836 at the École des Beaux Arts with David d'Angers and Viollet-le-Duc, who was later to design the base of Millet's statue of Vercingetorix in Alesia.

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 sculptor Pierre Louis Rouillard and his students included Louis Majorelle, Berthe Morisot, John Walz, Henri-Camille Danger and François Pompon.

Millet died in Paris on January 14, 1891, and is buried in Montmartre Cemetery.

Selected works

• The monumental statue of Vercingetorix, ordered by Napoleon III, built on site in Alesia.
• Apollo, Poetry, and Music, on Paris Opéra roof, between 1860–69
• 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 the Exposition Universelle (1878), currently on the square of the Musée d'Orsay
• Phidias at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, 1887

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aimé Millet.

• Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977.
• Insecula entry

External links

• Aimé Millet in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

На других языках

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[de] Aimé Millet

Aimé Millet (* 28. September 1819 in Paris; † 14. Januar 1891 ebenda) war ein französischer Bildhauer.

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- [en] Aimé Millet

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[fr] Aimé Millet

Aimé Millet, né le 28 septembre 1819 à Paris, ville où il est mort le 14 janvier 1891, est un sculpteur, médailleur et peintre français.

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[ru] Милле, Эме

Эме́ Милле́ (фр. Aimé Millet; 28 сентября 1819 года, Париж — 14 января 1891 года, там же) — французский художник, скульптор , гравёр и медальер (резчик медалей); ученик Давида Анжерского[5].

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