Abel Dimier

Abel Dimier (14 September 1794 – 15 November 1864) was a French sculptor.

Le Tireur d'épines

Dimier was born in Paris and was a pupil of Cartelli. He won the Prix de Rome in 1819 with a bas-relief in plaster named Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, which can be seen at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. From 1820 to 1824, he lived at the French Academy in Rome,[1] alongside many sculptors, including Auguste Dumont, Francisque Joseph Duret, Georges Jacquot, Joseph Philippe Lemaire, Étienne-Jules Ramey, and Bernard Gabriel Seurre.

Main works
  • Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, bas-relief, 1819, Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
  • Le Tireur d'épines, statue, marble, Lyon, musée des beaux-arts, 1829[2]

References
  1. ""État par discipline des pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome (1800–1890)", according to Brunel (Georges), Correspondance des directeurs. Nouvelle série. Vol. I. Répertoires, Rome, Ed. dell'Elefante, 1979, p. 87-117". Silvanus.fr. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  2. "Le Tireur d'épines". Base Jaconde. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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