Alfred Boucher

ALFRED BOUCHER (Nogent-sur-Seine, 1850-1934, Aix-les-Bains) ALFRED BOUCHER (Nogent-sur-Seine, 1850-1934, Aix-les-Bains) Born in 1850, Alfred Boucher was a French sculptor whose precocious talent was quickly recognised. Of modest origins, he began modelling clay at a...

Louis Ernest Barrias

LOUIS ERNEST BARRIAS (Paris, 1841-1905) LOUIS ERNEST BARRIAS (Paris, 1841-1905) Born on April 13, 1841, in Paris, Louis-Ernest Barrias was the son of a porcelain painter. He followed the path opened twenty years earlier by his brother Félix-Joseph (1822–1907), winner...

Charles Raphaël Peyre

CHARLES RAPHAËL PEYRE (Paris, 1872-1949) CHARLES RAPHAËL PEYRE (Paris, 1872-1949) Sculptor of Allegory and Sensibility A pupil of Falguière, Mercié, and Théophile Barrau, Charles Raphaël Peyre belongs to the lineage of French sculptors who combined academic precision...