Louis-Léopold Chambard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French artist
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Place of Birth: Saint-Amour, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Louis-Léopold Chambard
- Louis-Léopold Chambard (25 August 1811 – 10 March 1895) was a French sculptor from Jura. He was born in Saint-Amour dans le Jura and was son of Claude Louis Joseph Marie Chambard, a merchant, After studying at the municipal school of arts in Lyon, he continued at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under supervision of Pierre-Jean David d'Angers and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1837 for his sculpture Marius sur les ruines de Carthage.
- His success allowed him to be resident from 1838 to 1843 at Villa Medici housing the French Academy in Rome.
- Chambard had an exposition of his sculptures at the 1841 Salon de Paris.
- Upon his return from Italy, he had other commissions notably for the Louvre.
- He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1895.
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