Léon Fagel (1851–1913) was a French sculptor, best known for his busts.
Fagel was born in Valenciennes, won the second Prix de Rome in 1875, and the Prix de Rome in 1879. He exhibited busts of Chevreul, J. Cavelier, and Le Greffeur at the Exposition Universelle (1900), along with two large reliefs for Sacré-Cœur (Faith and Fortitude).
Selected works Paris La Loi et La Justice, Cour des Comptes La Vierge des Marins, Sacré-Cœur Lettres, Sorbonne Michel Eugène Chevreul, Jardin des Plantes Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jardin des Plantes Sculpture, Place du Carrousel Silvestre, Comédie-Française Elsewhere Art, École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers Centre de Lille, Lille Catherine Joséphine de Raffin, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes Charles-François Daubigny, Auvers Joseph-François Dupleix, Landrecies Monument to the Battle of Wattignies (1793), Maubeuge
References
Daniel Cady Eaton, A Handbook of Modern French Sculpture, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913, page 265.
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