Edouard Lanteri

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Édouard Lantéri

was a French-born British sculptor and medallist whose romantic French style of sculpting was seen as influential among exponents of New Sculpture. His name is also frequently spelled without accents as Edouard Lanteri and his first name sometimes given in its English form as Edward.

During the Franco-Prussian War

(1870-71) Lanteri worked as a cabinet maker's assistant. In 1872, through his friend, Jules Dalou, Lanteri obtained a position in London with Joseph Edgar Boehm where he remained until the latter's death in 1890. He was one of the staff to travel in Boehm's funeral cortège: "In the fifth carriage were the following members of the professional staff of the deceased - Mr. R. Glassby, Mr. E. Lanteri, Signor Finili, and Herr Gross."

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Teaching Carreer

From 1880-1917 Lanteri taught at the National Art Training School (later renamed Royal College of Art), South Kensington where he became the first Professor of Sculpture and Modelling in 1901. Using his teaching notes as the basis Lanteri wrote a three-volume text 'Modelling: a Guide for Teachers and Students' (1902–11) which soon became the standard work in the field.

I Was Introduced to Edouard Lanteri by my Jr High art teacher Rell G. Francis. He was instrumental in introducing sculptors to me. I just ate those books up from Jr High through graduation and beyond. I still consider them the gold standard of modeling clay and sculpting stone.

Bibliography

He wrote three volumes Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure, and Modeling and Sculpting Animals. He has a brilliant hand in being able to make his portraits have a flesh like quality. His books by far are still the best books on how to practice sculpture. He delves into how to achieve a lifelike appearance without being a sort of wax museum look.

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