Arthur GUENIOT (1866-1951) - Study from the discophorus of Naucydes, 1885, drawing

Arthur Guéniot : (1866-1951) studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts of Clermont-Ferrand, and then at the École des beaux-arts de Paris in the studio of Gustave Moreau and Delorme. Officer of the Académie in 1911 and chevalier of the order of Cambodia, il was nominated chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1929. He was a member of the Société des artistes français and received a medal of honour at the 1902 Salon, a bronze medal in 1920, a silver medal in 1925, and a gold medal, "hors-concours", in 1927. A place in Bournezeau bears his name since 2008, as well as a street in Dinan since 2009. Works : - Rêverie (Revery), 1905, statuette, awarded a prize in 1905, purchased by the City of Paris, garden for the Saint Maur des Fossés Library. Created by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres - Bois ton sang (Drink your Blood), statue of Jehan de Beaumanoir, inaugurated in 1911 at Dinan - Vers la flamme (Towards the Flame), Salon des artistes français de 1911 - Monument aux morts de Dinan (Monument for the Dead at Dinan), 1922 - Monument aux morts d'Aubagne (Monument for the Dead at Aubagne), 1922, Aubagne Cemetery - Monument aux morts de Treignat (Monument for the Dead at Treignat), 1923 - Sculptures in white marble for the Eglise Saint-Jean de Montmartre, between 1918 and 1926 - Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux, 1931, haut-relief, Saint Louis Cathedral at La Rochelle - Arthur Guéniot is one of the furniture sculptors for the Saint Étienne Cathedral at Châlons-en-Champagne