Charles Edouard Richefeu

1868-1945

Pupil of D. Puech, Member of Société des Artistes Francais from 1904, he appeared at the Salon of this group.

He exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, where he became a member in1904, and won a medal in 1920.

Work cast iron reproduced by the art foundry of Val d'Osne: Victory singing.

He is mainly responsible for the soldiers and military scenes of the First Empire.

He sent to the Salon from 1902 some bronze statuettes representing contemporaries and another titled 1804 (in 1910), as well as groups also in bronze: - The Charge, Dragons of the First Empire (1909), - Father François, grenadier of the guard (1910), - Charge of the 1st regiment of grenadiers of the imperial guard, many characters (1913).

Richefeu continued to exhibit, always in the same spirit, until the Second World War.