Category:Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Walcher
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English: Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Walcher, known as Walter (20 October 1810 – ?), French sculptor, born in Paris, studied with Corot at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, exhibited at the Salon from 1840 to 1849, created portrait busts of the composers Monteverdi, Durante, Jomelli, Monsigny, Grétry, and Sacchini for the southeast facade of the Palais Garnier, as well as the twelve heads surmounting the bull's eye windows surrounding the auditorium drum.
- Benezit: Dictionary of Artists (2006), vol. 14, p. 565. Paris: Gründ. ISBN 9782700030709.
- Fontaine, Gérard (2000). Charles Garnier's Opéra: Architecture and Exterior Decor, translated by Ellie Rea and Barbara Shapiro-Comte, p. 98. Paris: Éditions du Patrimoine. ISBN 9782858225811.
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Media in category "Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Walcher"
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Monsigny bust at the Palais Garnier photographed by Durandelle - INHA 2002.png 2,416 × 3,365; 4.94 MB
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Opera Garnier Durante.jpg 1,280 × 1,920; 783 KB
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Opera Garnier Jomelli.jpg 1,280 × 1,920; 800 KB