French sculptor
He was the son of Armand Toussaint,who entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1827 and studied sculpting under David d'Angers. In 1832, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome for his "Capanée Foudroyé Sous les Murs de Thèbes". Toussaint was also a professor of sculpture at the École des Beaux Arts and carried out several official and church commissions. Around 1850 he was one of the sculptors working in Notre Dame de Paris to restore sculptures destroyed during the French Revolution. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1852. Toussaint is the sculptor of the "La Loi, la Justice et Deux Enfants Assis" and "Figures de l'Horloge" (Palais de Justice in Paris) "Bruant" and "Genie de la Force" (Palais du Louvre), the bronze "Statue de Esquirol (Saint Maurice), among others. His statue "Persephone" (1840), is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
He was the son of Armand Toussaint,who entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1827 and studied sculpting under David d'Angers. In 1832, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome for his "Capanée Foudroyé Sous les Murs de Thèbes". Toussaint was also a professor of sculpture at the École des Beaux Arts and carried out several official and church commissions. Around 1850 he was one of the sculptors working in Notre Dame de Paris to restore sculptures destroyed during the French Revolution. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1852. Toussaint is the sculptor of the "La Loi, la Justice et Deux Enfants Assis" and "Figures de l'Horloge" (Palais de Justice in Paris) "Bruant" and "Genie de la Force" (Palais du Louvre), the bronze "Statue de Esquirol (Saint Maurice), among others. His statue "Persephone" (1840), is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
French sculptor
He was the son of Armand Toussaint,who entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1827 and studied sculpting under David d'Angers. In 1832, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome for his "Capanée Foudroyé Sous les Murs de Thèbes". Toussaint was also a professor of sculpture at the École des Beaux Arts and carried out several official and church commissions. Around 1850 he was one of the sculptors working in Notre Dame de Paris to restore sculptures destroyed during the French Revolution. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1852. Toussaint is the sculptor of the "La Loi, la Justice et Deux Enfants Assis" and "Figures de l'Horloge" (Palais de Justice in Paris) "Bruant" and "Genie de la Force" (Palais du Louvre), the bronze "Statue de Esquirol (Saint Maurice), among others. His statue "Persephone" (1840), is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
He was the son of Armand Toussaint,who entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1827 and studied sculpting under David d'Angers. In 1832, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome for his "Capanée Foudroyé Sous les Murs de Thèbes". Toussaint was also a professor of sculpture at the École des Beaux Arts and carried out several official and church commissions. Around 1850 he was one of the sculptors working in Notre Dame de Paris to restore sculptures destroyed during the French Revolution. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1852. Toussaint is the sculptor of the "La Loi, la Justice et Deux Enfants Assis" and "Figures de l'Horloge" (Palais de Justice in Paris) "Bruant" and "Genie de la Force" (Palais du Louvre), the bronze "Statue de Esquirol (Saint Maurice), among others. His statue "Persephone" (1840), is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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