Mathurin Moreau

Mathurin Moreau
L'Océanie, by Mathurin Moreau
Lord Strathcona Fountain, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mathurin Moreau (18 November 1822 – 14 February 1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style.

Moreau was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, and in 1912 had a street named in his honor. His father was the sculptor Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau [fr] and his siblings included sculptors Hippolyte and Auguste Moreau.[1]

  1. ^ "Family tree of Mathurin MOREAU". Geneanet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.