Bronze Signed Léon Eugène Longepied 1849-1888

19th century bronze representing a fisherman bringing in his nets the head of Orpheus bronze signed Leon Eugène. Longepied 1849-1888. Pupil of Jules Cavelier, Mathurin Moreau and Jules Coutan at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, Léon-Eugène Longepied exhibited for the first time at the Salon des artistes français in 1870. He was rewarded with a third class medal in 1880 and first class medal in 1882. He was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor on July 24, 18871. Léon-Eugène Longepied had fought during the siege of Paris in 1870 and was, at his death, captain in the 36th Territorial Infantry Regiment2. He died at his Parisian home, rue Denfert-Rochereau, on October 13, 18883 and was buried in Paris in the Montparnasse cemetery, where his tomb is decorated with an allegory of La Sculpture, represented by a young woman in tears, veiled and slightly draped, seated in front of a funerary monument4 by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Antoine Champeil. Fisherman bringing back the head of Orpheus in his nets, Salon of 1882, marble statue, Paris, Ranelagh garden.