About
French sculptor and painter during the Second Empire under Napoleon III. He sculpted the Antoine Watteau monument.
Before fame
He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Prix de Rome.
Trivia
His statue of a young boy smiling was one of his most popular works.
Family life
His father was a mason.
Associated with
He studied the works of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
