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,Alfred Dantès, La Franche-Comté littéraire, scientifique, artistique: Recueil de notices sur les hommes les plus remarquables du Jura, du Doubs et de la Haute-Saône, Genève, 1971, p.27. he continued at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under supervision of Pierre-Jean David d'AngersExplication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Grand palais des Champs-Élysées, 1861, Paris, p.LXVII. and Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresGeorges Vigne, Les élèves d'Ingres, Musée Ingres, 1999, p.70. 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 Salon of 1841 in Paris. Upon his return from Italy, he had other commissions notably for the Louvre. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1895.
Main works Marius sur les ruines de Carthage, 1837 Apollon et Coronis, 1842 La Parure, 1850 Une suppliante, 1852 L'Abondance, 1857 L'Inspiration, 1859 La Modestie, 1861, east facade of the Cour Carrée in the Palais du Louvre, Paris Enfant portant une coquille, 1863 Mercure, 1866 La Vengeance, 1868 Jean-Jacques Cambacérès, 1876-1877 Rouget de l'Isle, 1880 Folette, 1882 Pompier qui sauve deux enfants d'un incendie, 1885 Androclès et le lion reconnaissant, 1888 Le Bûcheron, bronze with brown and golden brown patina
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