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Émile Peynot
Émile Peynot
	Émile Peynot by Charles Mengin
Born	Émile Edmond Peynot; November 22, 1850; Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Died	December 12, 1932 (aged 82); Paris, France
Nationality	French
Notable work	Sculpture
Awards	Prix de Rome (1880)

Émile Edmond Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and medallist.^[1]

Bio

Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy.

He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880,^[2] and left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador.

He created war memorials in Bar-le-Duc, Charenton-le-Pont, Ecouen, Joigny, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Liévin, Sens and for his home town, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.

He died in Paris in 1932.

Famous works

Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon.
Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot.^[3]
Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges.
Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.^[4]
Tunisian Merchant, 1883, Brooklyn Museum, New York.^[5]
La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.
Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.
La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito.
Francia a la Argentina A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts.