Armand Lucien Bloch (1 July 1866, Montbéliard - 5 March 1932, Paris) was a French sculptor.

Life and work

His father, Maurice Bloch, was a sculptor, who established a metal casting company in 1857. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1884, where he studied with the sculptors Alexandre Falguière and Antonin Mercié. From 1885, he was regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français, and was a member from 1888 until his death. He was awarded a silver medal there in 1924.[1]

His studio was in Paris, but he maintained close ties with Montbéliard, where his brothers Léon and Julien had taken over the family business. Together with his father, he created a monument for the politician, Pierre-Frédéric Dorian; inaugurated in 1892. It was melted down in 1942, under the Vichy Régime.[2]

In 1900, he obtained a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle. His bronze statue for the martyr, François-Jean de la Barre (1905), was originally at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, but was transferred to the Square Nadar [fr] in 1926. It too was melted down during World War II.[3] In 2001, a replacement was installed.

In addition to his larger works, he created numerous busts; including those of Georges Brétegnier [fr], Victor Hugo, and Alexandre Lunois [fr]. Some of his smaller pieces may be seen at the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg [fr].

References

Further reading

• Biography and appreciation by Clementine Delplancq, from Les Cahiers de l’École du Louvre, 2015, @ De Artibus Sequanis

External links

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