Education
Brunet studied under Armand Toussaint at the École des beaux-arts
Brunet studied under Armand Toussaint at the École des beaux-arts
He died in 1921. There he met Édouard Manet and the two made a study trip to Florence in 1857. In Manet"s address book he is recorded as living in Brittany. A sculptor of Classical subjects, Brunet is best known for his sensuous marble statue of the recumbent Messalina, exhibited at the 1884 Salon.