Background
Charles-René Laitié was born in Paris in 1782.
Charles-René Laitié was born in Paris in 1782.
He also studied under Pierre Cartellier.
He became a pupil of Claude Dejoux (1732–1816). The prize was awarded for his Méléagre refusant son secours aux habitans de Calydon. While in Rome in 1806 Laitié made a plaster model of Homer.
In 1827 he presented a small bronze at the Salon from this model, with the date 1806.
In 1820 Laitié was commissioned by the state to make a statue of Jean de Louisiana Fontaine, the poet. lieutenant was exhibited in the salon in 1822 and installed in Château-Thierry on 6 November 1824.
The sculptor Claude André Deseine had made a large sculpture of General Colbert during the First French Empire. Under Louis Philippe Laitié transformed it into a statue of Marshal Mortier, which was placed in the first court of the palace of Versailles.
In 1963 it was moved to Le Plessis-Trévise, the marshal"s home town.
In 1830 Laitié made the central figure of Charity for the portico of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris. lieutenant is flanked by Faith by Denis Foyatier and Hope by Philippe Henri Lemaire.