Henri Chapu

Overview

Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (1833–1891), French sculptor, Prix de Rome 1855, member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts from 1880; he taught at the Académie Julian (Wikipedia, «Henri Chapu»).

Relevance to Marie

• 19 November 1879: Tony Robert-Fleury, encouraging Marie to model in the evenings, promises that «un soir il m'amènera Chapu» (086.0552). The Mon Journal t.13 index reads this as «Chapu : modèle atelier Julian», p.123, which does not fit a man brought to give advice; the sculptor is meant (0.8).
• 18 April 1883: in a list of sculptors who can «pétrir une figure avec du limon» but cannot give it a soul, as Saint-Marceaux can: «Chapu, Dubois, Falguière, Barrias, Millet» (099.0156). The Mon Journal t.15 index has «Chapu (Henri), peintre : 224».

References in Diary

• 1879-11-19 (086.0552); 1883-04-18 (099.0156)

Sources

• Wikipedia EN, «Henri Chapu».
• Mon Journal t.13 and t.15 (L'Âge d'Homme), indexes.