LOUIS FRANÇOIS DESMAREST (1814-1882) The statue of Emperor N - Lot 328

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LOUIS FRANÇOIS DESMAREST (1814-1882) The statue of Emperor N - Lot 328
LOUIS FRANÇOIS DESMAREST (1814-1882) The statue of Emperor Napoleon I in Rouen on August 15, 1865 Pen and watercolor drawing with gold highlights in a painted frame with the imperial arms. 57 x 40 cm. Under glass. Gilt frame (chips). B.E. Biography: Louis François Desmarest was born on July 17, 1814 in Compiègne, of Jean Louis Desmarest, painter and glazier, and Marie Geneviève Prevost. He was admitted in 1836 to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was a pupil of Léon Vaudoyer. After graduating, he received his first assignment in 1846 in Rouen, where he remained until the end of his life. He was appointed inspector of works in Saint-Ouen. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honour on the 11th August 1855. He was responsible for the pedestal of the Statue of the Emperor Napoleon I in Rouen, which he painted here in watercolour. Bibliography: Michel Benoist and Jacques Lefort, "Louis-François Desmarest, architecte rouennais (1814-1882)" in Bulletin des Amis des Monuments Rouennais, 2006-2007, p. 38-61 LOUIS-FRANÇOIS DESMAREST (1814-82) STATUE OF NAPOLEON AT ROUEN - 15 AUGUST 1865 INK DRAWING
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