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Léon-Ernest Drivier (22 October 1878, Grenoble – 8 January 1951, Paris), was a French illustrator and sculptor.

Biography

He entered the École des Beaux-Arts, then worked from 1907 in the studio of Auguste Rodin. He was a friend of the sculptors Auguste de Niederhausern, Gaston Schnegg, Jane Poupelet and Antoine Bourdelle, among others.^[1] In 1918, he made a bust of France official winner. His first time was akin to neo-romanticism, and then came close to neo-classicism of Charles Despiau. He was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1943.

Main works

La France apportant la paix et la prospérité aux colonies: a ten-meter gilded bronze statue, representing the warrior Athena with a spear, overlooking a pond at several levels, Porte Dorée in Paris. This statue was placed there for its proximity to the Museum of Colonial opened in 1931 for the International Colonial Exhibition.
Les Muses and La Joie de vivre, made to the Jardins du Trocadéro for the 1937 Exposition Universelle.
The Monument aux morts de Strasbourg on Place de la République, inaugurated in 1936 by French President Albert Lebrun. This is one of the few monuments dedicated to the dead pacifists of France.

References

^ "Gaston Schnegg et le monument de Quinsac en Gironde", 19 November 2007 Moulindelangladure.typepad.fr Retrieved June 4, 2009

External links

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[1] "Gaston Schnegg et le monument de Quinsac en Gironde", 19 November 2007 Moulindelangladure.typepad.fr Retrieved June 4, 2009

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-'''Léon-Ernest Drivier''' (born in Grenoble on 22 October 1878 and died in Paris in 1951), was a [[France|French]] [[illustrator]] and [[sculptor]].
+[[File:La primavera.jpg|thumb|''La Primavera'' ('Spring') in Buenos Aires]]
-He entered the [[École des Beaux-Arts|School of Fine Arts]], then worked from 1907 in the studio of [[Auguste Rodin]]. He was the friend of the sculptors [[Auguste de Niederhausern]], [[Gaston Schnegg]], [[Jane Poupelet]], [[Antoine Bourdelle]], among others.<ref>"Gaston Schnegg et le monument de Quinsac en Gironde", 19 November 2007 [http://moulindelangladure.typepad.fr/monumentsauxmortspacif/sculpteurs_clbres_de_monuments_aux_morts/index.html Moulindelangladure.typepad.fr] Retrieved June 4, 2009</ref> In 1918, he made a bust of France official winner. His first time was akin to [[neo-Romanticism]], and then came close to [[neo-classicism]] of [[Charles Despiau]]. He was elected member of the [[Academy of Fine Arts]] in 1943.
+'''Léon-Ernest Drivier''' (22 October 1878, [[Grenoble]] – 8 January 1951, Paris), was a French [[illustrator]] and [[sculptor]].
+==Biography==
+He entered the [[École des Beaux-Arts]], then worked from 1907 in the studio of [[Auguste Rodin]]. He was a friend of the sculptors [[Auguste de Niederhausern]], [[Gaston Schnegg]], [[Jane Poupelet]] and [[Antoine Bourdelle]], among others.<ref>"Gaston Schnegg et le monument de Quinsac en Gironde", 19 November 2007 [http://moulindelangladure.typepad.fr/monumentsauxmortspacif/sculpteurs_clbres_de_monuments_aux_morts/index.html Moulindelangladure.typepad.fr] Retrieved June 4, 2009</ref> In 1918, he made a bust of France official winner. His first time was akin to [[neo-romanticism]], and then came close to [[neo-classicism]] of [[Charles Despiau]]. He was elected a member of the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] in 1943.
 ==Main works==
-* ''La France apportant la paix et la prospérité aux colonies'' : a ten-meter gilden bronze statue, representing the warrior [[Athena]] with a spear, overlooking a pond at several levels, Porte Dorée in Paris. This statue was placed there for its proximity to the Museum of Colonial opened in 1931 for the International Colonial Exhibition.
+* ''La France apportant la paix et la prospérité aux colonies'': a ten-meter gilded bronze statue, representing the warrior [[Athena]] with a spear, overlooking a pond at several levels, [[Palais de la Porte Dorée|Porte Dorée]] in Paris. This statue was placed there for its proximity to the Museum of Colonial opened in 1931 for the [[Paris Colonial Exposition|International Colonial Exhibition]].
 * ''Les Muses'' and ''La Joie de vivre'', made to the [[Jardins du Trocadéro]] for the 1937 [[Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)|Exposition Universelle]].
-* The ''Monument aux morts de Strasbourg'', opened in 1936 by [[Albert Lebrun]]. This is one of the few monuments dedicated to the French dead pacifists.
+* The ''Monument aux morts de Strasbourg'' on [[Place de la République (Strasbourg)|Place de la République]], inaugurated in 1936 by French President [[Albert Lebrun]]. This is one of the few monuments dedicated to the dead pacifists of France.
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-[[Category:People from Grenoble]]
+[[Category:Artists from Grenoble]]
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 [[Category:20th-century French sculptors]]
+[[Category:French male sculptors]]

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