Henri-Édouard Lombard
Henri-Édouard Lombard (21 November 1855 - 23 July 1929) was a French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome in 1883. He was a Professor of Sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900 to 1929. He designed public sculptures in Marseille, Nice and Paris. Early life. Henri-Édouard Lombard was born on 21 November 1855 in Marseille. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts. Career. Lombard began exhibiting his work at the Salon in 1878. He designed a statue of Pierre Puget on the Place de la Bourse, now known as the Place du  Général-de-Gaulle, in Marseille in 1906. It was subsequently moved to Cours Pierre Puget. He designed several statues in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery and a frontispiece called "La Provence rurale et maritime" on the building of the Caisse d'Épargne in Marseille. He also designed a statue called "Nice se donne à la France" for the Palais des ducs de Savoie in Nice, "Samson et Dalila" in Agen, and another statue called "La Vérité" on the facade of the Palace of Justice of Paris. Lombard won the Prix de Rome for "Mort de Diagoras de Rhodes" in 1883. He became  a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1894. He was a Professor of Sculpture at his alma mater, the École des Beaux-Arts, from 1900 to 1929, where he taught evening classes. Death. Lombard died on 23 July 1929 in Paris.