Émile Louis Picault

Sculptures

Émile Louis Picault (1833–1915) was a French sculptor, best known for works depicting allegorical and patriotic subjects, and mythological heroes. His most noted sculpture is Perseus.[1]

Works

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)
* Bellérophon (1906)

Medallions

* Joseph expliquant les songes du Pharaon (1888)
* L'Agriculture (1888)

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)

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)

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.[1]

References

1. ^ a b "Flight of the Chum"; Pawn Stars; History Channel; Premiered March 8, 2010

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