Barthélémy-François Chardigny

Barthélémy-François Chardigny (1757-1813) was a French sculptor. He designed public sculptures in Marseille.

Barthélémy-François Chardigny
BornSeptember 4, 1757
Rouen, France
DiedMarch 3, 1813
Paris, France
OccupationSculptor
ChildrenPierre Joseph Chardigny

Early life

Barthélémy-François Chardigny was born on September 4, 1757 in Rouen, France.[1][2] He learned sculpture under Augustin Pajou.[2]

Career

Chardigny was a sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1782.[2]

Statue in honor of the victims of the 1720 plague epidemic, designed by Chardigny, Marseille.

Chardigny moved to Aix-en-Provence to design sculptures for the Palace of Justice in 1784.[2] He designed marble sculptures of King René and King Henry IV, a sculpture of the Greek mythology figure Venus, two fountains, a large sculpture with three figures, and another sculpture named Despotisme renversé.[2] However, they were removed during the French Revolution, and moved to the Ecole Centrale (then in Aix and later moved to Marseille) in 1802.[2]

Chardigny moved to Marseille, where he was commissioned a statue representing Liberty for the townhall in 1798.[2] He subsequently designed the same statue for many townhalls.[2] Meanwhile, he was commissioned other public sculptures by the city of Marseille.[2] For example, he designed the fountain on the Place des Capucines, then known as the place des fainéants; it was later dismantled and replaced with another fountain designed by Dominique Fossati, although the basin remains Chardigny's.[2] Meanwhile, Chardigny became a member of the Académie de Marseille in 1800.[1]

Chardigny moved to Paris in 1808, where he designed sculptures of Juno and Jupiter in the Louvre Palace.[2]

Personal life, death and legacy

Chardigny married and had a son, Pierre Joseph Chardigny, in 1794.[2] He died on March 3, 1813 in Paris.[1] Eight of his sculptures are in the permanent collection of the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille,[3] while more sculptures are held at the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence.[4][5]

References
  1. "Chardigny, Barthélemy François (1757-1813) forme internationale". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. Parrocel, Étienne (1867). Annales de la peinture: discours et fragments. Marseille: En vent chez l'auteur. pp. 205–215. OCLC 222894854. Barthélémy-François Chardigny.
  3. "CHARDIGNY Barthélémy François". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. Souvannavong, Kèoprasith (June 28, 2007). "Le nouveau visage du musée Granet". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  5. Draper, James David; Scherf, Guilhem (2003). Playing with Fire: European Terracotta Models, 1740-1840. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 19. ISBN 9781588390998. OCLC 53459016.
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