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André-Joseph Allar was born inToulon on 22 August 1845.
He became a successful sculptor after training underAntoine Laurent Dantan andPierre-Jules Cavelier. Allar is best known for his small-scale work and architectural designs with majority of his work situated at the local museum in Toulon, including 'Hercules finding his dead son'.[2] His artworks onHercules is evidently inspired by the Greek hero, but in particular, the stories that depict the character as a saviour.[3] His architectural features include his works in thePalacio Legislativo Federal withLaurent Marqueste[4] and in thePalacio de Bellas Artes inMexico City.[5] Another one of his famous works is the statue of law displayed on the façadePalace of Justice, Rome.[6]
In addition to his career as an artist, Allar joined theLegion of Honour as an officer in 1896 and the French Institute in 1905.[2] He won various prizes but most notably thePrix de Rome in 1869 for his sculpture, and later became a member of theAcadémie des Beaux-Arts on 20 May 1905.
He died in Toulon on 11 April 1926. A street in Marseille has been named in his honor.
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Paul Masson,Encyclopédie des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales, Marseille, 17 volumes, from 1913 to 1937
Adrien Blés,Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille, Jeanne Laffitte ed., Marseille, 1989, (ISBN2-86276-195-8).
Bruno Wuillequiey, Denise Jasmin, Luc Georget, Bénédicte Ottinger, Florence Dagousset and Gilles Mihière, Régis Bertrand,Marseille au XIXe, rêves et triomphes, Musées de Marseille (16 November 1991 – 15 February 1992), (ISBN2-7118-2487-X)
Régine Allar,La dynastie des Allar, Revue Marseille, 1982, N° 130, pages 138-143
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