title: Émile Peynot
text: # Émile Peynot
  
  Émile Edmond Jean Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and medallist.
  
  ## Bio
  
  Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. 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. He died in Paris in 1932.
  
  ## Famous works
  
  * Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon.
  * Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot.
  * Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges.
  * Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.
  * La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.
  * Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.
  * La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito.
  * Francia a la Argentina A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts.
  * Francia a la Argentina
  * François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains
  * Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon
  * Shield of the City of Paris, Petit Palais
  * Monument to Domingo Sarmiento, Buenos Aires
  * La lucha eterna (The Eternal Struggle), Quito.
  