Abel Dimier (14 September 1794 – 15 November 1864) was a French sculptor.
Dimier was born in Paris and was a pupil of Cartelli. He won the Prix de Rome in 1819 with a bas-relief in plaster named Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, which can be seen at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. From 1820 to 1824, he lived at the French Academy in Rome,1 alongside many sculptors, including Auguste Dumont, Francisque Joseph Duret, Georges Jacquot, Joseph Philippe Lemaire, Étienne-Jules Ramey, and Bernard Gabriel Seurre.
Main works
- Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, bas-relief, 1819, Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
- Le Tireur d'épines, statue, marble, Lyon, musée des beaux-arts, 18292
References
References
- ""État par discipline des pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome (1800–1890)", according to Brunel (Georges), Correspondance des directeurs. Nouvelle série. Vol. I. Répertoires, Rome, Ed. dell'Elefante, 1979, p. 87-117". Silvanus.fr. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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