Émile Edmund Peynot was a prominent French Artist and sculptor.
Background
Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy.
Career
He died in Paris in 1932.
Achievements
He became well-known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador.
The Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France.
The Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France.
