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LECOINTE
French sculptor born and died
in Paris France 1826-1913.
Student of Klagamann and of Toussaint.
First showed his work at the Salon in 1850.
Member of the Committee of the Association of artists
founded by the Baron Taylor in
1887. Received
the following honours: Decoration
of
St. John the Baptist,
Honourable mention in 1882.
Bronze Medal at the World Fair in America in 1889.
Extracted from dictionary
of painters, sculptures,
engravers, and artists by E. Benezit in the 1924
Edition of Grande Editors of Paris.
His sculptures of
Diderot and Sedaine
are found in the Square D'Anvers in Paris.
The History of the Cameo
In 1906 his first daughter, Marie Adelaide Marguerite Andrée, fell very ill and died at the age
Sometime earlier
her father Léon Aimé Joachim made a sculpture with an amazing resemblance to his adored daughter in white marble from France.
inherited this treasure.
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PARIS 1900
This work of art created by Léon Aimé Joachim Lecointe,
was entered into the World Fair of Paris in 1900
and won first prize in its category
which was Hors Concours Expert of Jury.
This is the only time it was
seen.
This special crate, where the Cameo is still kept today,
was used in 1900 at the World Fair in Paris
and used
to get to Montreal in 1937.
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History of the Family Lecointe
Valentine
Dunand
Pierre Léon Paul Marie
Adélaïde Germaine Lecointe
Sculptor Mr Léon Aime Joachim, married Madame Valentine Dunand,
and they had three children.
First child was Pierre Léon Paul,
born in Paris
Second child was
Marie Adelaide Marguerite,
born in Paris in 1884.
The third child was Germaine Andrée Emilie,
born in Paris on March 22
1895.
Léon Aime Joachim was
thirty years older
than Valentine. He died
in 1913.
His
son Pierre Léon Paul Lecointe MLE 013354
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The name of M. Lecointe Pierre Léon Paul, Class of 1902,
Corporal of
the 46th Infantry Regiment,
is inscribed in the Gold
Book
of the Soldiers of Verdun.
Pierre Léon Paul
son of the
Sculptor Lecointe,
was a devoted
Corporal Aid who always volunteered for
the more difficult
and perilous missions.
He distinguished himself on several occasions
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in Canada with his mother
Valentine Dunand,
and worked as professor at the Polytecnique
of Montreal. His mother
died on January 3rd, 1931
in Montreal at the age of 72.
In 1937, there was talk of war in Europe,
and Germaine also decided to come and establish
herself in Montreal. She brought with her the Cameo
in the original wooden case. Germaine, a good seamstress,
arrived in Montreal on the 22nd of October 1937,
and became very close friends with Jeanne Deneault
the sister of my mother
Auntie Jeanne hired Germaine to work in her boutique
on Garnier Street
in Montreal.
Auntie Jeanne's Favorite
and Germaine’s too!
For 35 years, this sculpture has been in my possession in St. Jean-de-Matha
in Québec Canada.
I was almost 15 years old when I first met Mrs. Germaine Lecointe. She was very kind to me and often brought me gifts. I always admired this beautiful white Cameo Sculpture which her father had made of her sister's likeness.
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Bob Petit |
She often told me the entire story
of the sculpture, and a few weeks
before she died she asked my Auntie Jeanne to give this sculpture to me,
in remembrance of her. Émilie Andrée Germaine Lecointe would have been 115 years old on the 22nd of March, 2010. This work of sculptural
art was
inherited researched and documented, as totally original by Bob Petit,
the current owner, son of Marguerite Deneault Petit and his father
Email : bob.petit2@ sympatico.ca
Cell 450 803-2985 |
Germaine Lecointe
Tante Jeanne |
LECOINTE
LÉON AIMÉ JOACHIM
French Sculptor,
born and died in
Paris 1826-1913.
This sculpture called
The Adored Daughter is for sale.
Size is 24 inches high, 17 inches wide,
7 inches deep. Weight 189 pounds.
Solid
French white marble.
Information
cell 450-803-2985 or 760 565 8438
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are found in the Square D'Anvers
in Paris.
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