Jean-Pancrace Chastel
Sculpture on top of the former Corn Exchange in Aix-en-Provence
Jean-Pancrace Chastel (1726-1793) was a French sculptor.[1][2][3]
Biography
Early life
He was born in Avignon in 1726 and moved to Aix-en-Provence as a young boy.[2]
Career
Sculpture of a lion
He was the first professor to teach at the School of Sculpture in Aix-en-Provence, founded in 1774.[4]
He sculpted three fountains in Aix-en-Provence: Mule-Noir, Prêcheurs (1748) and Tanneurs (1761).[5][6] He also sculpted the top of the former Corn Exchange. Some of his sculptures can be found in the Musée Granet.[7][8]
Personal life
He married twice, and had a son.[2] He died in poverty in a hospice in Aix-en-Provence.[2][9]
Legacy
The Rue Jean Pancrace Chastel in Avignon is named in his honor.[10]
Bibliography
- Serge Conard, Jean-Pancrace Chastel: approche de l'oeuvre, Université, 1973, 230 pages.[11]
References
- ↑ Le musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, Musées et monuments de France, 2007, p. 84
- 1 2 3 4 André Hallays, The Spell of Provence, L.C. Page & Company, 1923, p. 90
- ↑ Michel Racine, Ernest J.-P. Boursier-Mougenot, Françoise Binet, The gardens of Provence and the French Riviera, MIT Press, 1987, p. 65
- ↑ Notice sur la bibliothèque d'Aix, dite de Méjanes: précédée d'un Essai sur l'histoire littéraire de cette ville, sur ses anciennes bibliothèques publiques, sur ses monuments, etc., Firmin Didot frères, 1831, p. 289
- ↑ Aix-en-Provence website: Place Prêcheurs
- ↑ Dominique Massounie, Les monuments de l'eau: aqueducs, châteaux d'eau et fontaines dans la France urbaine, du règne de Louis XIV à la révolution, Monum Ed. du patrimoine, 2009
- ↑ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Les 100 plus beaux musées de France 2012 , Petit Futé, 2012, p. 164
- ↑ Alexandre Maral, Sculptures: la galerie du Musée Granet, Somogy, 2003, p. 54
- ↑ Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Les rues d'Aix : Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence, Aix-en-Provence: Typographie Aubin, 1846, p. 620-621
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ Google Books
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