The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-14
OBITUARY.

ANTOINE AUGUsTIN PREAULT, FRENCH SCULPTOR.
The death at Paris was announced by cable yester-
day of Antoine Augustn Preault, the celebrated and
original French sculptor. NJ Preault was born in
Paris on the Sth of October. 1909. His father was
an artisan who at first destined him for commercial
life. This was so dstasteful to him. and his artistic
bent decided that at the age of sixteen years
the elder preault placed him with an ornamental
sculptor. From there he went to the studio of the
celebrated David danger. He threw himself with
characteristic ardor INTO the romantic movement of
1923, and his work was characterized by
uberance and passion. He made his debut at
the Salon of 1888. with Famine" colbert
Dying in the Hospital" both bas-reliefs;
group Misery" and several medals. Though
cluded from the Salons for the next fifteen years.
from 1888 to ls4s he nevertheless produced many
works. notably 1.-The Massacre. ''The Pariahs, two
enormous medallons of Roman Emperors q "IIead
of an Armenian jew" ls3N; "Undine,". two large
bas-reliefs. LA Rviere DIES Amazones" and 1.-THE
Queen of Saba" "Heeuba," reclining statue pS35)
.Charlemagne colossal statue 1880; Carthage"
alegorical statue ps3s); bas-reief, 'The Adora
ton of the Magi;' '.Chrs." uS39). now at the
Church of st. Gervais; Liable de lEpee' QSl4),
for the facade OF the Hotel de Ville and 'Sor-
row" $50 for the Jewish &C Cemetery in Paris
Admitted again to the Salon in lS49 and given good
place. he exposed each year with the exception OF
those of 1865 and 1857 He executed further. 'Cle-
vais' and 'St Protais," conformity with Antonin
Moline, his friend, for the Church of ST. Gervais
tard,'' bust in rEglise des carlnes the Tomb
of liable de lEpee." ut the Church OF ST. Roch
nSi@; General Marcean," now at Charities gsSo);
1.-The Human Comedy statuette; Dante and
Virgil medallions-the property formerly OF Ma
poleon ILL.,; iallic soldier. on the Bridge of Jena;
"Aristlde Olivier Death cuiling a Flower
Qs55); .'Mansard' and lie Notre TOR Versailles
1885, .Andre Chenier peace, WAR and Winged
f,apii for fba Tony ha
Murder OF Ibycus," destiny" and "St Catharine."
for the Church Of st. Paul ps63) Portrait OF
medallion. and Hope bust gsee, Adam
Mickiewicz" 1885, PORTRAIT of u Child" 1869), &C.
Bourges. and i'll 1877 mortuary bas-relief. a
bronze PLAGUE. which belongs to Caroius Duran.
Last year he not represented in the Salon or at
the Universal Exposition. Nj. Preault received
second class medal in 1s49, and the cross Of the
Legion OF Honor in 1870
The sculpture OF Preault says Jules Claretie is
passionate splendid and teverish. He sometimes
makes mistakes, put generally his works are master
pieces. He likes to represent the tortnres of the
hesh the rawlings OF passion grand and deep
Micheiet said Of him, i'll speaking of Michael Angelo
ard the sculpture Of the future "a art will
cooss Tor the open air. under the clear sky Drawing
the light, climates and time. An essay which
stands alone in this line. lie Gaulois,, of preaut.
appeared" The deceased artist had i pas
sionate love for all that beautiful and
noble, dsdained everything vulgar. and WIS
full of faith. he said. What need in the pot-au-
& are few leaves of laurel" Again. Clarete says OF
him:-"Preaut; intellect personifed, originality in
carnate and possessed OF the most individual and
taste" His face was striking one, full Of life
ergy and bubbling over with the emotions of the mo-
ment. He expert in all things. he knew every
body and went everywhere. He had studied and
talked well OF literature, the fine arts, politics, the
theatre and poetry. His ''aots were renowned. 1t
he that said Of Pradier, his brother sculptor
HE started every morning for Greece and arrived
every evening at the Rue dc Brela." His studio
at G8 Rue d'Assss, the Luxembourg, in the
building with those of the sculptors Falguiere, Paul
Dubois. Delaplanche, Rene de Saint Marceaux and
Charles Degeorge.