Léonard Morel-Ladeuil
Deceased Person
1820 – 1888
Who was Léonard Morel-Ladeuil?
Léonard Morel-Ladeuil, French goldsmith and sculptor, was born at Clermont-Ferrand.
He was apprenticed first to Morel, a manufacturer of bronzes, under whom he became one of the most expert chasers, or ciseleurs, in France, and then to Antoine Vechte, to acquire the art of repoussé--the art in which he was to excel. He studied further under JJ Fuchre and then attracted the notice of the comte d'Orsay and the duc de Morny, through whose recommendation the French government, desirous of popularizing the idea of the new Imperialism, commissioned him to produce the Empire Shield.
Napoleon III notified his warm approval, but the trade, annoyed that a craftsman should obtain commissions direct, resented the innovation and thenceforward boycotted the young artist, whose beautiful and poetic vase, "Dance of the Willis" none would take. He was encouraged~ nevertheless by a foreign dealer in Paris, Marché, who employed him on statuettes, mainly religious in character, until 1859, when Messrs Eikington, in view of the Great Exhibition of 1862, engaged him to work in Birmingham for three years in repoussé, assuring him a free hand.
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- Born
- 1820
France - Also known as
- Leonard Morel-Ladeuil
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Mar 15, 1888
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on July 23, 2013
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