Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse

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Photograph of Belleuse, published in Le Petit Larousse of 1913.
The Animal Sculptor (1880)

Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse (4 July 1848 – 14 June 1913) was a French painter and sculptor.[1]

He was son and pupil of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, and the brother of painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. He designed the patterns of the Faïencerie (earthenware factory) from Choisy-le-Roi, where he was artistic director.

He was also the sculptor of the 1872

Buenos Aires, Argentina, and designed the tomb of the assassinated Guatemalan president José María Reina Barrios
.

Selected works

  • Une équipe de bitumiers, 1883 (Musée du Luxembourg)
  • Porteurs de farine, 1885, (
    Musée du Petit Palais
    )
  • Nymphe & satyre, marble sculpture (Musée Jules Chéret in Nice)
  • Les Petits Ramoneurs, (Musée de Rochefort)
  • Une Petite Curieuse, (Musée de Rochefort)
  • Marchand de Journaux, (Musée de Rochefort)
  • Les joueurs d'echecs, (Musée de Besançon)

References

External links

Media related to Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse at Wikimedia Commons