Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk

Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk (18 February 1820 – 23 July 1885), or Alexandre Schoenewerk, was a French sculptor. He was a student of David d'Angers, and was named a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 1873.

L'Europe, by Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk

Selected works

• La jeune Tarantine (Young Tarantine), marble, 1871 (Musée d'Orsay)
• L'Europe (Musée d'Orsay square)
• Jeune fille à la Fontaine, marble, 1873
• The bather, marble
• Andromeda, bronze

References

• Jane Turner, The Dictionary of Art, Grove, 1996. ISBN 1-884446-00-0.
• Hermann Alexander Müller, Allgemeines Künstler-lexicon, Literarische Anstalt, Rütten & Loening, 1901, page 219.
• Artnet entry