Mathurin MoreauL'Océanie, by Mathurin MoreauLord Strathcona Fountain, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mathurin Moreau (18 November 1822 – 14 February 1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style.
Moreau was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, and in 1912 had a street named in his honor. His father was the sculptor Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau [fr] and his siblings included sculptors Hippolyte and Auguste Moreau.[1]
Fountain of the Continents (The original name was La Fontaine de L'Observatoire), Mendoza (Argentina), 1910.
Négresse and Égyptienne - mass-produced neoclassical style beaux-arts statues depicting female ancient Egyptian and ancient Kushite royal figures holding aloft a torch. Usually cast in iron. Notable examples can be seen outside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, at the mausoleum of the American architect Temple Hoyne Buell and in the Jardins do Palácio de Cristal in Porto.[3]
