Charles Virion

Charles Louis Eugène Virion (Ajaccio, 1 December 1865[1] - Montigny-sur-Loing, 30 December 1946) was a noted French sculptor and ceramicist, principally of animals.[2]

Mother's Love. Public statue by Charles Virion at Largo do Arouche, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Virion studied sculpture in Paris under Jean-Paul Aubé and Charles Gauthier and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1886 until the 1930s. He was awarded a distinction in 1893 and became a member the same year. He won a third-class medal in 1895. At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 he won a bronze medal. He also exhibited at the Salon des Animaliers after 1913.[1]

After the First World War, he made memorials for several municipalities including those of Montigny-sur-Loing, Nemours, La Genevraye and Arbonne-la-Forêt.

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References
  1. "VIRION, Charles Louis Eugène." Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. Charles Louis Eugene Virion Archived 2015-06-22 at the Wayback Machine National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States, 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.


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