{{Short description|French sculptor}} {{Infobox person | name = Auguste Carli | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 12 July 1868 | birth_place = Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | death_date = {{death date and age text|28 January 1930|12 July 1868}} | death_place = Paris, France | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Sculptor | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = François Carli <small>(brother)</small> }} '''Auguste Carli''' (12 July 1868 – 28 January 1930) was a French sculptor. thumb|right|'Marseille Porte de l'Orient' by Auguste Carli along the main staircase of the Gare Saint-Charles
==Biography==
===Early life=== Auguste Carli was born on 12 July 1868 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. His younger brother, François Carli (1872-1957), was also a sculptor.<ref name="revue">Revue de Provence et de Langue d'Oc: artistique, littéraire, scientifique et historique, P. Ruat., 1905, Volumes 7-10, p. 77 [https://books.google.com/books?id=M6NNAAAAMAAJ&q=%22auguste+carli%22]</ref><ref>Bernard Mugnier, ''La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle'', Volume 2, 2011, p. 47 [https://books.google.com/books?id=9etNAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Fran%C3%A7ois+Carli%22]</ref>
===Career=== He was a sculptor.
He designed two statues on either side of the main staircase of the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles: one, called 'Marseille colonie grecque' ("Marseille, Greek colony") and the other one, called 'Marseille Porte de l'Orient' ("Marseille, door to the East").<ref>Leora Auslander, ''Le genre de la nation'', Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 2000, Issue 12, p. 189 [https://books.google.com/books?id=DCi38Q2JuZgC&dq=%22auguste+carli%22&pg=PA189]</ref> Additionally, he designed a sculpture on the building of the Caisse d'Épargne on the corner of Cours Pierre Puget and Place Estrangin in Marseille.<ref name="revue"/> He also designed a fountain with a sculpture of Amphitrite on the Place Joseph Etienne for Joseph Hippolyte Etienne (1790-1881), which was dedicated in 1906.
He designed a statue of Jesus Christ and Saint Veronica, which is displayed inside the Marseille Cathedral.<ref name="dominique">Dominique Auzias, ''Marseille 2013 Petit Futé'', Le Petit Futé, 4 Apr 2013, p. 388 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ky7S4z1hLKwC&dq=%22Louis+Botinelly%22&pg=PA388]</ref><ref>Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, ''Les 100 plus belles églises de France 2011 - 2012'', Le Petit Futé, 2011, p. 222 [https://books.google.com/books?id=zk5cbx4fAMcC&dq=%22auguste+carli%22&pg=PA222]</ref><ref>Liliane Counord, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Gérard Bernar, Dominique Auzias, ''Petit Futé Provence'', Le Petit Futé, 2010, p. 256 [https://books.google.com/books?id=abEA7-2u_OcC&dq=%22Jules+Cantini%22&pg=PA256]</ref>
He also designed the tomb of Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824-1886) in the Palais Longchamp Marseille. Additionally, he designed sculptures in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre, a cemetery in Marseille.
===Death=== He died on 28 January 1930 in Paris.
===Legacy=== *The ''Place Auguste et François Carli'', a town square in Marseille, is named for him and his brother.<ref>[https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=place+auguste+carli,+marseille,+france&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=np&ie=UTF-8&ei=C8OaUrHxCIG2hQfNwICABQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg Google Maps]</ref>
==See also==
List of works by Auguste Carli
==Gallery== {{Gallery |title=Auguste Carli |width=160 |height=170 |align=center |File:Carli-épargne.jpg| alt1=Sculpture by Auguste Carli on the Caisse d'Épargne building in Marseille |Sculpture by Auguste Carli on the Caisse d'Épargne building in Marseille |File:Christ et sainte Véronique.JPG| alt2='Christ and Saint Veronica' by Auguste Carli inside the Marseille Cathedral |'Christ and Saint Veronica' by Auguste Carli inside the Marseille Cathedral |File:Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli 2 (Palais Longchamp, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France).jpg| alt3=Tomb of Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli designed by Auguste Carli in Marseille |Tomb of Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli designed by Auguste Carli in Marseille |File:Carli-Amphitrite.jpg| alt4=Fountain with a sculpture of Amphitrite on Place Joseph Etienne in Marseille |Fountain with a sculpture of Amphitrite on Place Joseph Etienne in Marseille |File:A.Carli.jpg| alt5=Statue designed by Auguste Carli in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille |Statue designed by Auguste Carli in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille |File:A.Carli-couronne immortelle.jpg| alt6=Another statue designed by Auguste Carli in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille |Another statue designed by Auguste Carli in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille }}
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