Henri Vidal (sculptor)

Henri Vidal (born May 4, 1864 in Charenton, died in 1918 in Le Cannet) was a French sculptor known for his 1896 sculpture, Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel (Cain, after having murdered his brother Abel) which is in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.[1][2][3] Vidal was a student of Mathurin Moreau.[4]

For the French actor, see Henri Vidal. For the French engineer, see Henri Vidal (engineer).
Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel, 1896

Honours and awards

At the Salon des artistes français he was awarded[5]

  • In 1884, an honorable mention;
  • In 1890, a medal in the 3rd class;
  • In 1892, the Salon prize awarded by the Superior Council of Fine Arts;
  • In 1892, a medal in the 2nd class and
  • In 1900, a medal in the 1st class.

At the 1900 Paris Exposition he won a silver medal.[5]

References
  1. Maral, Pingeot & Georget 2003, p. 122.
  2. Bresc-Bautier & Pingeot 1986.
  3. Neuwirth 1974, p. 75.
  4. Hachet 1986, p. 327.
  5. Richemond 2003, p. 125.
  • Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève; Pingeot, Anne (1986). Sculptures des jardins du Louvre, du Carrousel et des Tuileries. Notes et documents des musées de France No. 12. Vol. 2. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-2007-6.
  • Hachet, Jean-Charles (1986). Les bronzes animaliers: de l'antiquité à nos jours. Paris: Varia.
  • Maral, Alexandre; Pingeot, Anne; Georget, Luc (2003). Sculptures: la galerie du Musée Granet. Musée Granet. ISBN 978-2-85056-630-1.
  • Neuwirth, Waltraud (1974). Wiener Keramik: historicism, Jugendstil, Art Deco. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt und Biermann. ISBN 3-7814-0163-4 – via Bibliothek für Kunst und Antiquitätenfreunde.
  • Richemond, Stéphane (2003). Les salons des artistes coloniaux: suivi d'un dictionnaire des sculpteurs. Paris: Éditions de l'Amateur. ISBN 2-85917-395-1.
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