Jules Blanchard (25 May 1832 – 2 May 1916) was a French sculptor.Archives de Paris Archives Death certificate No. 853 drawn up on May 4, 1916, image 18 (in French)
Blanchard was born in Puiseaux. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Denis Foyatier. He was a student of François Jouffroy. Blanchard is perhaps best known for his renovation of the Fontaine du Palmier in the Place du Châtelet, Paris.
Selected works La Bocca della verità (La bouche de la vérité) (1871), statue, marble, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg Andromède (Salon de 1892), statue, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg La Science (commande de 1882), statue, bronze, Paris, by the Hôtel de Ville, Paris Boccador, Paris, by the Hôtel de Ville Four caryatids, on the facade of the Hôtel de Ville Un jeune équilibriste (Salon de 1866), plaster Jeune Fille parlant au Sphinx, mairie de Puiseaux
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