Émile Louis Picault
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Émile Louis Picault (1833–1915) was a French sculptor, best known for works depicting allegorical and patriotic subjects, and mythological heroes.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Bronzes
- Le Supplice de Tantale (1867)
- Persée délivrant Andromède (1880)
- Le Génie du progrès et Nicolas Flamel (1885)
- Le Cid (1886)
- La Naissance de Pégase (1888)
- Le Génie des sciences (1894)
- Le Génie des arts (1895)
- Le Livre (1896)
- Le Drapeau "ad unum" (1898)
- Vox progressi (1903)
- Belléphoron (1906)
[edit] Medallions
- Joseph expliquant les songes du Pharaon (1888)
- L'Agriculture (1888)
[edit] Plasters
- Jason (1879)
- Andromède (1892)
- Prométhée dérobant le feu du ciel (1894)
- La Vaillance (1896)
- Vertus civiques (1897)
- Le Minerai (1902)
- La Forge (1905)
- Science et Industrie (1909)
- Propter gloriam (1914)
[edit] Museum exhibitions
Picault's work can be seen in museums in the following cities:
- Chambéry (Le Semeur d'idées, 45 cm)
- Clermont-Ferrand (Hébé, 93 cm)
- Maubeuge (Le devoir, Honor patria, 45 cm)
- Troyes (La famille, joies et peines)
[edit] In popular culture
- In "Flight of the Chum", a 2010 second season episode of the American reality television series Pawn Stars, a customer brings in a version of Picault's Pegasus, insisting it is the 1888 original, but is told that it is not the original statue.
