Émile Peynot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Peynot

French sculptor

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1850

Place of Birth: Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1932

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Émile Edmund Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist and sculptor. Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy.
He became well-known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador.
He died in Paris in 1932.