Eugène-Louis Lequesne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French sculptor
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Eugène-Louis Lequesne
- Eugène-Louis Lequesne (or Le Quesne) (15 February 1815 – 3 June 1887) was a French sculptor.Lequesne was born and died in Paris.
- In 1841, he entered the École nationale des beaux-arts, in James Pradier's workshop.
- In 1843, he won the second Prix de Rome, and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster bas-relief entitled Pyrrhus tuant Priam.
- He lived at the Académie de France à Rome from 1844 to 1849, alongside Jean-Louis Charles Garnier.
- In 1855, he was awarded the Great Prize for sculpture at the Exposition Universelle, and received the Légion d'honneur.
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