Joseph Tournois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Tournois

French sculptor

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1831

Place of Birth: Chazeuil, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1891

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Joseph Tournois (born in Chazeuil on 18 November 1831, died in Dijon in September 1891) was a French sculptor. He was the pupil of French sculptors by François Jouffroy and François Rude.
He attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he created Ulysse blessé à la chasse par un sanglier, a bas-relief with whom he won the first Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1857.
Then he moved to Rome and lived in the Académie de France à Rome of Villa Medici, from 27 January 1858 to 31 December 1862.In 1868, he participated in the Salon des artistes français, with a sculpture in plaster Bacchus inventant la comédie.
This work was later acquired by the State and Victor Thiebaut created a copy of the work in bronze.
With this sculpture, Tournois participated in 1869 in the Salon de la Culture, then in the Exposition Universelle in Vienna in 1873.
The sculpture is currently installed in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. In 1870, Tournois participated in the Salon des artistes français with a status of Perseus, made in plaster.
The work was later owned by the State.
In 1875, Tournois made another statue of Perseus, but this time it was in marble.



Alternative names	Charles Auguste Sellier; Charles François Sellier; Sellier; Charles Francois Sellier; Charles-François Sellier
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	23 December 1830	23 November 1882
Location of birth/death	Nancy	Nancy
Work location	Naples (1859); Paris (1869); Nancy (1846–1882); Paris (1852–1857); Rome (1858–1863)
Authority control	: Q2960211 VIAF: 39385762 ISNI: 0000 0000 6641 4610 ULAN: 500001579 LCCN: no2008113950 GND: 135780675 WorldCat