Jean-Antonin Carles (1851 – 18 February 1919) was a French sculptor.
Born in Gimont, Carlès began his studies in Marseille and then successively to the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse and that of Paris. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy (1806–1882) and Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (1834–1886), he won the Grand Prix de l'Exposition Universelle in 1889. He belonged to the Society of French Artists. Several models of his sculptures (La Jeunesse, Retour de chasse) are kept at the Musée des Jacobins d'Auch (Gers). He died in Paris.
Main works
La Cigale, plaster, Salon de 1878, Musée de Lectoure (Gers).[1]
Le Mendiant, plaster, Salon de 1879, Musée des Jacobins d'Auch (Gers).[2]
Charles VII, stone, 1879, facade of the city hall of Compiègne (Oise).[3]