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Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (20 July 1841, in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche – 1895 or 1893, in Paris) was French sculptor. He is immortalised by a statue in the cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.[1]

Léon-Alexandre Delhomme
Born	20 July 1841 Tournon-sur-Rhône
Died	16 March 1895 Paris
Nationality	French

Life

He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of Augustin Dumont (1801–1884) and of Joseph-Hugues Fabisch.

In 1867, he was elected to the municipal council of Paris.[2]

Works

• Statue of the Republic, in the main amphitheatre of the Sorbonne (1889).[3] She is shown as a wise woman between an urn and a lion "removing the veil of ignorance from a young Frenchman", in one of the university's least neutral sculptures (commissioned by Soitoux).[4]
• Statue of Louis Blanc (1811–1882) in bronze, melted down during World War Two, located on Place Monge (Paris, 5th arrondissement)
• Above the entrance to the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville - Paris (4th arr.)
• Bust of the French doctor Stanislas Laugier (1799–1872)
• Statue Defiance known as The Gaul[5]
• Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme.
• Standing warrior (Gaul) [6]
• Medal of Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand[7]
• Cast iron

• Vercingetorix,
• Wounded Gaul,
• Joan of Arc.

Notes

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[fr] Léon-Alexandre Delhomme

Léon-Alexandre Delhomme né le 20 juillet 1841 à Tournon-sur-Rhône (Ardèche) et mort le 16 mars 1895 à Paris[1] est un sculpteur français.

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