{{short description|French sculptor}} {{Infobox person | name =Louis Botinelly | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =26 January 1883 | birth_place =Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France | death_date ={{death date and age|1962|3|28|1883|1|26|df=yes}} | death_place =Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, 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 = }} '''Louis Botinelly''' (26 January 1883 &ndash; 28 March 1962) was a French sculptor.<ref name="gerard">Gérard Detaille, Jean Arrouye, ''Marseille: A Century of Pictures'', Editions Parenthèses, 2000 [https://books.google.com/books?id=SD-YUJbUzogC&dq=%22Louis+Botinelly%22&pg=PR150]</ref>

==Biography==

===Personal life=== Botinelly was born on 2 January 1883 in Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. He died on 26 March 1962 in Marseille.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Louis Botinelly |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920276 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>

===Career=== Botinelly’s atelier was on the ''Rue Buffon'' in Marseille.<ref name="gerard"/> He designed two public sculptures which can be seen at the bottom of either side of the main staircase of the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles: one, called 'Colonies d'Asie,' represents colonial Asia, and the other, called 'Colonies d'Afrique,' represents colonial Africa.<ref name="gerard"/><ref>Richard Dreiss, ''The Cathedral of the Winged Wheel and the Sugarbeet Station'', BoD – Books on Demand, 2013, p. 59 [https://books.google.com/books?id=KQ1Dtm4b5w4C&dq=%22Louis+Botinelly%22&pg=PA59]</ref> They have been displayed there since the dedication of the Gare Saint-Charles in 1927.<ref name="gerard"/> He designed a bust of Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914), which is displayed in the Parc Jourdan in Aix-en-Provence.<ref>Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias, Olivia Ferrandino, Olivier Gressot, ''Aix-en-Provence'', Le Petit Futé, 2010, p. 60 [https://books.google.com/books?id=8qmhGE9sRN4C&dq=%22Louis+Botinelly%22&pg=PA60]</ref> Additionally, he designed the statues of Joan of Arc and Jesus inside the Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Marseille.<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> He also designed four statues of the Four Evangelists inside the Marseille Cathedral.<ref name="dominique"/><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><ref>Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, ''Provence 2011'', Le Petit Futé, 2011, p. 282 [https://books.google.com/books?id=IUI9XA6V6hUC&dq=%22Louis+Botinelly%22&pg=PA282]</ref> Inside the Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins is also displayed a sculpture of his representing Joan of Arc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/saintfemarseille/notre-eglise/un-peu-d-histoire |title=Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins Official website: History |access-date=2013-12-05 |archive-date=2016-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421115425/https://sites.google.com/site/saintfemarseille/notre-eglise/un-peu-d-histoire |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also competed in the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics.<ref name="BotinellySR">{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Louis_Botinelly Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = October 2017|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/louis-botinelly-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/louis-botinelly-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|accessdate = 2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920276 |title=Louis Botinelly |work=Olympedia |accessdate=8 August 2020}}</ref>

===Legacy=== *The ''Boulevard Louis Botinelly'' in Marseille is named in his honour.<ref>[https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=firefox-a&channel=np&q=boulevard+louis+botinelly,+marseille,+france&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x12c9bf68666a50f1:0x99182982c2b4f8ac,Boulevard+Louis+Botinelly,+13004+Marseille,+France&gl=uk&ei=ALCaUsGUBI6S0AXo2YGYDg&ved=0CC0Q8gEwAA Google Maps]</ref> *The ''Ecole Elementaire Botinelly'', a state primary school located at 23 Boulevard Botinelly in Marseille, is also named in his honor.<ref>[http://www.marseille.fr/sitevdm/education/maternelle-et-elementaire/ecoles-elementaires-publiques Marseille official website: state primary schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203092055/http://www.marseille.fr/sitevdm/education/maternelle-et-elementaire/ecoles-elementaires-publiques |date=2013-12-03 }}</ref>

==Secondary sources== *Luce Carbonnel, ''Louis Botinelly, 1883 - 1962'' (Comité du Vieux-Marseille, 2001).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carbonnel |first=Luce |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27TxcQAACAAJ&q=%22Louis+Botinelly%22 |title=Louis Botinelly, 1883 - 1962 |date=2001 |publisher=Comité du Vieux-Marseille |language=fr}}</ref> *Laurent Noet, ''Louis Botinelly, sculpteur provençal: Catalogue raisonné'' (Editions Mare et Martin, 2006).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Noet |first=Laurent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3RJAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Louis+Botinelly%22 |title=Louis Botinelly, sculpteur provençal: catalogue raisonné |date=2006 |publisher=Mare & Martin |isbn=978-2-84934-021-9 |language=fr}}</ref>

==See also== *List of works by Louis Botinelly

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{FrenchSculptureCensus}}

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