Pierre Louis Rouillard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French sculptor
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Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France
About Pierre Louis Rouillard
- Pierre Louis Rouillard (Paris, 16 January 1820 – Paris, 2 June 1881) was a French sculptor known for his sculptures of animals.
- He was one of a "school of French animalières", which also included Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn and François Pompon.
- He worked mainly in cast iron rather than bronze. Rouillard attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was a pupil of Jean-Pierre Cortot.
- He was a professor of sculpture at the École des Arts décoratifs from 1840 to 1881.
- François Pompon studied with him. His works include sculptures for the Opéra de Paris, Palais du Louvre and the Fontaine Saint-Michel. He was commissioned to travel to Istanbul, by Sultan Abdulaziz.
- He has many sculptures in different locations of Istanbul, including a bull sculpture at the center of Istanbul's Kadikoy district. He was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
- He is buried at Issy.
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