Aimé Charles Irvoy
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Aimé Charles Irvoy was a French
sculptor who lived and worked in Grenoble.
He was the pupil of Étienne-Jules Ramey
, Auguste Dumont and Victor Sappey
. In 1854, he won the second Grand prix de Rome. In 1856, as the post of school director of architectural sculpture in Grenoble was vacant, he obtained this position and kept it for forty-one years. The old school (1853) and its director's house, located rue Hébert, now house the musée de la résistance et de la déportation de l'Isère, in Grenoble. In 1861, he married Louise Charrut (1832-1914).
His works are mainly kept in the Museum of Grenoble
and the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon
.
He is buried at Saint Roch Cemetery
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sculptor who lived and worked in Grenoble.
He was the pupil of Étienne-Jules Ramey
Etienne-Jules Ramey
Étienne-Jules Ramey called Ramey fils, was a French sculptor.Ramey was born in Paris, The pupil of his father, Claude Ramey , he trained in the studio of Pierre Cartellier, won the Prix de Rome in sculpture, 1815, with the subject, equally classicizing and sentimental, Ulysses recognized by his...
, Auguste Dumont and Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey , also known as Pierre-Victor Sappey, is a French sculptor. His father was a stonemason.-Biography:...
. In 1854, he won the second Grand prix de Rome. In 1856, as the post of school director of architectural sculpture in Grenoble was vacant, he obtained this position and kept it for forty-one years. The old school (1853) and its director's house, located rue Hébert, now house the musée de la résistance et de la déportation de l'Isère, in Grenoble. In 1861, he married Louise Charrut (1832-1914).
His works are mainly kept in the Museum of Grenoble
Museum of Grenoble
The Museum of Grenoble is a city museum of Fine Arts and antiques in the city of Grenoble in France.Located on the left bank of the Isère, place Lavalette, it is known both for its collections of ancient art for its collections of modern and contemporary art..-History:The Museum of Grenoble was...
and the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon
Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon
The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon. It is housed near place des Terreaux in a former Benedictine convent of the 17th and 18th centuries. It was restored between 1988 and 1998, and despite these important restoration works it remained open...
.
He is buried at Saint Roch Cemetery
Saint Roch Cemetery
Saint Roch Cemetery is the first municipal cemetery in the city of Grenoble, France. Blessed by the bishop of Grenoble Claude Simon on 19 august 1810...
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Main works
- Statue of Ronsard, bronze, Vendôme
- La Sentinelle gauloise, 1878, Grenoble
- L'allégorie de la charité, pediment of the old civil hospital of Grenoble, rue Félix-Viallet, decommissioned in 1913. It remained in place, hidden under the plaster, the building then housing the Majestic Hotel, until 1944. The pediment is now exposed in the vicinity of the Musée grenoblois des sciences médicales.