Lucien Brasseur
Lucien Alcide Constant Brasseur was a French sculptor.
Biography
Brasseur was born in Saultain in the Nord region. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1894 and took first prize in the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1905.Between the wars, he made memorials for several municipalities in Northern France, including a major monument in Tourcoing and, perhaps his best-known, in Havrincourt, which includes a self-portrait. He also did memorials in Oisy-le-Verger and Saint-Omer and reliefs for the train station in Brest. In 1937, he created a statue for the Palais de Chaillot at the Exposition Universelle.
He is buried at the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.
Monuments aux morts
Other works
His other works include:| Work | Location | Subject, notes and references |
| "La Femme au pigeon" | Valenciennes Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Brasseur's "La Femme au pigeon" can be seen in the rue du Paris in Valenciennes. A photograph is shown in the gallery below courtesy Sébastien Dusart. |
| "Les oiseaux" | Paris | "Les oiseaux" is one of eight gilded sculptures in front of the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, with a large plaster replica of the work held by the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
| "La Pensée" and "L'Inspiration lyrique" | Valenciennes Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Brasseur executed two gilded bronzes which are located on the façade of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes. Photograph of these two works are shown in the gallery below, shown courtesy of Sébastien Dusart. |
| Statue of Constantine | El Kantara Algeria | This work is in front of the railway station at El Kantara. It is a copy of the work in marble at the Basilique St Jean de Latran in Rome. |
| "Buste d'Harpignies" | Paris | Brasseur executed this bronze bust of Henri Harpignies which is kept in the Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. |
| Bas-reliefs at the Gare de Brest. | Brest Brittany | It was in 1936 that the architect Urbain Cassan was commissioned to design the Brest railway station and his design included a bas-relief by Brasseur in red granite on a bell-tower. Only the lower part of this tower still exists including Brasseur's work. |
| "Cérès enseigne l'agriculture à Triptolème, fils de Pelée, roi d'Eleusis" | Paris | This was Brasseurs work which won the Prix de Rome in 1905. It is held in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. |
| "Ulysse naufragé" | Valenciennes Nord-Pas-de-Calais | This sculpture is held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes. |
| "Le Bouvier" | Le Mans Sarthe Pays de la Loire | The Musée de Tessé in Mans have a bronze by Brasseur entitled "Le Bouvier". |
| Sculpture of David d'Angers | Angers Maine-et-Loire Pays de la Loire | This work was acquired on 9 March 1948 for the Mairie of Angers. |
| "Femme drapée" | Thionville Moselle Lorraine | This sculpture was acquired by the Mairie in Thionville. |
| Maréchal Lobau | Verdun Meuse Lorraine | This sculpture was acquired by the Mairie in Verdun. |
| Sculpture of Louis Leseigneur | Barentin Seine-Maritime Upper Normandy | This work was acquired by the Mairie in Baretin. |
| Henri Harpignies | Lisieux Calvados Lower Normandy | This sculpture of Henri Harpignies was acquired by the Mairie in Lisieux and is now held by Musée du Vieux-Lisieux. |
| "L'enfant prodigue" | Valenciennes Nord-Pas-de-Calais | This work in marble dates from 1937 and is held by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes. |
| "Le Sacré-Coeur" | Barentin Seine-Maritime Upper Normandy | This work was acquired by the Mairie of Barentin and is in a Barentin church. |