Agathon Léonard

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"Tragic Pose from Le Jeu de l'escharpe" by Léonard

Agathon Léonard or Léonard Agathon van Weydevelt (1841 Lille - 1923 Paris), was a French Art Nouveau sculptor.

Léonard moved to Paris when quite young and studied sculpture at the

1900 World's Fair
at the Pavillon de Sèvres in Paris.

Bronze casting of Léonard's work was carried out by the

St. Cecilia is to be found in the Abbeville Museum and the Nantes
Museum houses a bust titled The Plunderer of Shipwrecks.

Léonard also produced Art Nouveau medallions, statuettes and pottery.[1]

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  • Ingelore Böstge, Agathon Léonard: Le Geste Art Nouveau, Somogy Éditions D'Art (Paris, 2003)