Edgar-Henri Boutry

Edgar Boutry (1857–1938) was a French sculptor who executed several public statues and monuments and worked on several Monuments aux Morts. He also ran the Écoles académiques lilloises.

Boutry was born in Lille and died at Levallois-Perret. He was a pupil of Albert Darcq at the Écoles académiques lilloises and then of Jules Cavelier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was runner up for the "Prix de Rome" in 1885 and won the prize in 1887. He was eventually to succeed Albert Darcq at the Écoles académiques lilloises. During his lifetime he was responsible for a number of public statues in Lille and in other parts of Northern France. His work also decorates several town halls, as well as an hotel and several churches.

"Ceux qui pieusement sont morts pour la Patrie Ont droit qu'à leur cercueil la foule vienne et prie"

"Au Maréchal Foch, la ville de Cassel et les Flandres reconnaissantes"

" Aux Lillois, soldats et civils, la cité a élevé ce monument afin de rappeler au cours des siècles l’héroïsme et les souffrances de ses enfants morts pour la Paix"

"À la mémoire de ses glorieux enfants morts pour la patrie"

"1914 - Souvenir des civils, fusillés et asphyxiés"

In the Musée d'Orsay in Paris there is a bronze relief of Boutry by Frédéric de Vernon.

Lille War Memorial. Photograph courtesy David Sander

Three reliefs on Lille War Memorial. Courtesy David Sander.

Léon Trulin. Shot by the Germans as a spy.

Statue of Foch in Lille. Photograph courtesy Velvet.

Monument to those killed in the explosion at 18 ponts.Photograph courtesy Velvet.

"Peace" by Boutry.Photograph courtesy Velvet.

Maréchal Joffre. Photograph courtesy ignis

Statue of Jean Maillotte. Photograph courtesy Marie-Hélène Cingal.

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