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Jean Valette

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Jean Valette
BornMay 30, 1825
Ainay-le-Vieil
💀DiedMay 4, 1878
ParisMay 4, 1878
🏳️ NationalityFrance
💼 Occupation

Jean Valette born May 30, 1825 in Ainay-le-Vieil (Cher) and died in Paris May 4, 1878 was a French sculptor and painter.

Biography[edit]

Jean Valette enrolled in 1848 at Beaux-Arts de Paris in the workshops of François Jouffroy and Jean-Marie Bonnassieux.

He participated for the first time in the Salon in 1847, where he presented Cujas, jurisconsult. He creates ornamental sculptures for churches.

His work was rewarded with a third medal at the Salon of 1861.

Posterity[edit]

A street in Ainay-le-Vieil bears his name, as does a college in Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Salons[edit]

  • 1847: Cujas, jurisconsult.[1]
  • 1859: Vierge Immaculée ; Le Semeur d'ivraie, bronze.[2]
  • 1861: Ménade, cast, obtains a 3rd medal.
  • 1864: L'Immaculée Conception; Pandore.
  • 1865: Bérénice.[1]
  • 1866: Les deux Voix ; Desdémona.
  • 1869: Héro.
  • 1873: La Garde mobile.
  • 1874: Ménade, marble.
  • 1877: Frileuse.

Works in public collections[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 State purchase, location unknown.
  2. Cast bronze work removed at the request of the Secretary of Production Industrielle. It was acquired on October 4, 1862 for the sum of 7,000 francs.[[Category:Articles with unsourced statements from {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}]][citation needed]
  3. Work removed for restoration during the summer of 2015 (Le Berry Républicain, October 24, 2015).
  4. "Portrait de Monseigneur de Barral, évêque de Castres de 1752 à 1773" [Portrait of Monseigneur de Barral, bishop of Castres from 1752 to 1773]. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in français). Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  5. "Buste de Cazaux". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-12-01.


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