Cyprien Godebski en Raymond de Coster
°Méry-sur-Cher, October 30, 1835 – †Paris, November 25, 1909
Servais’ son-in law
The Polish sculptor Cyprien Godebski married Sophie Servais, who was Servais’ oldest daughter, in Halle. Cyprien Godebski was a teacher at the Art Academy of Saint-Petersburg and sculpted amongst other things, well-known figures in France, Great-Britain, Russia, Belgium, Hungary, the Ukraine, Monaco and Peru. Godebski was a friend of Franz Liszt, Gioacchino Rossini and Gabriël Fauré.
Selective list of works:
- Bas-reliefs Villa Servais, Halle (1864)
- bust of Gioaccino Rossini, Halle (1865)
- statue François Servais, cellist and composer, Grand’Place Halle (1869)
- statues ‘de Waarheid’ and ‘de Gerechtigheid’, Old town hal in Halle (ca. 1870)
- medallion Hector Berlioz, cimetary Montmartre, Paris (1884)
- bust François Servais, Henry Vieuxtemps and François-Auguste Gevaert, Royal Conservatory of Brussels
- statue Alexander Fredros, Polish writer, Cracow
- statue ‘La Muse Calliope’, tomb of Théophile Gauthier, cimetary Montmartre in Paris
- statue ‘La Force brutale étouffant le génie’, Toulon (ca. 1888)
- statue Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet, Warsaw (1898)
- statue Copernicus, Cracow (1900)
- statue ‘Notre-dame-des-Naufragés’, Point-du-Raz (1904)
Brochure ‘Cyprien Godebski (1835-1909) in Halle
Bibliography: see page ‘Research’ – publications
La Force Brutale Etouffant le Génie (ansichtkaart Servais Collection Halle)
Standbeeld Adam Mickiewitz – Warschau (foto Servais Collection Halle)
Tombe Théophile Gautier (ansichtkaart Servais Collection Halle)
Franz Liszt in het atelier van Godebski in Parijs (c) Servais Collection Halle
Tekening van La Force brutale étouffant le Génie (c) Servais Collection Halle