Henri_Vidal_(sculptor)

Henri Vidal (sculptor)

Henri Vidal (sculptor)

French sculptor

For the French actor, see Henri Vidal. For the French engineer, see Henri Vidal (engineer).

Henri Vidal (born 4 May 1864 in Charenton, died in 1918 in Le Cannet) was a French sculptor known for his 1896 sculpture, Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel (Cain, after having murdered his brother Abel) which is in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.[1][2][3] Vidal was a student of Mathurin Moreau.[4]

Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel, 1896

Honours and awards

At the Salon des artistes français [fr] he was awarded[5]

  • In 1884, an honorable mention;
  • In 1890, a medal in the 3rd class;
  • In 1892, the Salon prize awarded by the Superior Council of Fine Arts;
  • In 1892, a medal in the 2nd class and
  • In 1900, a medal in the 1st class.

At the 1900 Paris Exposition he won a silver medal.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Maral, Pingeot & Georget 2003, p. 122.
  2. [2]
    Bresc-Bautier & Pingeot 1986.
  3. [3]
    Neuwirth 1974, p. 75.
  4. [4]
    Hachet 1986, p. 327.
  5. [5]
    Richemond 2003, p. 125.
  • Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève; Pingeot, Anne (1986). Sculptures des jardins du Louvre, du Carrousel et des Tuileries. Notes et documents des musées de France No. 12. Vol. 2. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-2007-6.
  • Hachet, Jean-Charles (1986). Les bronzes animaliers: de l'antiquité à nos jours. Paris: Varia.
  • Maral, Alexandre; Pingeot, Anne; Georget, Luc (2003). Sculptures: la galerie du Musée Granet. Musée Granet. ISBN 978-2-85056-630-1.
  • Neuwirth, Waltraud (1974). Wiener Keramik: historicism, Jugendstil, Art Deco. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt und Biermann. ISBN 3-7814-0163-4 – via Bibliothek für Kunst und Antiquitätenfreunde.
  • Richemond, Stéphane (2003). Les salons des artistes coloniaux: suivi d'un dictionnaire des sculpteurs. Paris: Éditions de l'Amateur. ISBN 2-85917-395-1.
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