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| INJALBERT (1845-1933) Jean Antoine Injalbert, Béziers born sculptor. | |
| He worked in many of the great towns and cities of France, examples of his work can be seen in Paris, Pézenas, Rheims, Montpellier, Sète etc. The son of a stonemason, Injalbert served an apprenticeship with an ornamental sculptor, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1866 with a municipal scholarship. His teacher was Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. In 1874 he won the Prix de Rome with a figure of Orpheus, and at the Exposition of 1889 he won the Grand Prix. The two scultures, right ands below, are in the Plateau des Poètes in Béziers  |
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