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André-Joseph Allar (22 August 1845 – 11 April 1926)[1] was a French
sculptor.
Biography
André-Joseph Allar was born in
Toulon on 22 August 1845.
He became a successful sculptor after training under
Antoine Laurent Dantan and
Pierre-Jules Cavelier. Allar is best known for his small-scale work and architectural designs with majority of his work situated at the local museum in Toulon, including 'Hercules finding his dead son'.[2] His artworks on
Hercules is evidently inspired by the Greek hero, but in particular, the stories that depict the character as a saviour.[3] His architectural features include his works in the
Palacio Legislativo Federal with
Laurent Marqueste[4] and in the
Palacio de Bellas Artes in
Mexico City.[5] Another one of his famous works is the statue of law displayed on the façade
Palace of Justice, Rome.[6]
In addition to his career as an artist, Allar joined the
Legion of Honour as an officer in 1896 and the French Institute in 1905.[2] He won various prizes but most notably the
Prix de Rome in 1869 for his sculpture, and later became a member of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts on 20 May 1905.
He died in Toulon on 11 April 1926. A street in Marseille has been named in his honor.
Académie de Marseille, Dictionnaire des marseillais, Edisud, Marseille, 2001, (
ISBN2-7449-0254-3)
Paul Masson, Encyclopédie des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales, Marseille, 17 volumes, from 1913 to 1937
Adrien Blés, Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille, Jeanne Laffitte ed., Marseille, 1989, (
ISBN2-86276-195-8).
Bruno Wuillequiey, Denise Jasmin, Luc Georget, Bénédicte Ottinger, Florence Dagousset and Gilles Mihière, Régis Bertrand, Marseille au XIXe, rêves et triomphes, Musées de Marseille (16 November 1991 – 15 February 1992), (
ISBN2-7118-2487-X)
Régine Allar, La dynastie des Allar, Revue Marseille, 1982, N° 130, pages 138-143