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Léon-Ernest Drivier (born in Grenoble on 22 October 1878 and died in Paris in 1951), was a French illustrator and sculptor. He entered the School of Fine Arts, then worked from 1907 in the studio of Auguste Rodin. He was the friend of the sculptors Auguste de Niederhausern, Gaston Schnegg, Jane Poupelet, Antoine Bourdelle, among others.〔"Gaston Schnegg et le monument de Quinsac en Gironde", 19 November 2007 (Moulindelangladure.typepad.fr ) Retrieved June 4, 2009〕 In 1918, he made a bust of France official winner. His first time was akin to neo-Romanticism, and then came close to neo-classicism of Charles Despiau. He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1943. ==Main works== * ''La France apportant la paix et la prospérité aux colonies'' : a ten-meter gilden bronze statue, representing the warrior Athena with a spear, overlooking a pond at several levels, Porte Dorée in Paris. This statue was placed there for its proximity to the Museum of Colonial opened in 1931 for the International Colonial Exhibition. * ''Les Muses'' and ''La Joie de vivre'', made to the Jardins du Trocadéro for the 1937 Exposition Universelle. * The ''Monument aux morts de Strasbourg'', opened in 1936 by Albert Lebrun. This is one of the few monuments dedicated to the French dead pacifists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Léon-Ernest Drivier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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