Winged Victory - François Léon Sicard (1862-1934)

Bronze representing the winged victory with a brown patina and a sea green marble base, founder's stamp Charles Fumière and André Gavignot joined forces under the company *Thiébaut Frères signed François Léon Sicard born in Tours in 1862 and died in 1934. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Tours and obtained a municipal scholarship to study at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. Winner of the Prix de Rome in 1891, he was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1892 to 1895.
He is the appointed sculptor of Georges Clemenceau,

The small bronze Victory by François Sicard, intended for Clemenceau and given to General de Lattre de Tassigny by the sculptor's son, Pierre Sicard, should not be forgotten.
Musée D'Orsay owns works by him
Distinctions
François Sicard was made a knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honor by decree of August 16, 1900 and promoted to Officer of the same order by decree of May 16, 19103.