ROCHET (Charles), - Lot 531

ROCHET (Charles), Painter and Sculptor. Brother and Student of Louis ROCHET. He appeared in the Salon from 1844. Professor at the BEAUX-ARTS (Paris 1819-1900) - 3 Letters (2 L.A.S., 1 L.S.) Letter A.S. Charles ROCHET, Painter and Statuary, Professor in charge of Anthropology and Elementary Zoology at the École Nationale des BEAUX-ARTS. - PARIS 16 Sept 1872 - 1p in-8° - "Sir; For the publication I am undertaking, at this time of my Fine Arts Course, I would need to make some drawings of articulated animals in the Zoology Gallery of the Museum." He asks permission to work in the galleries. - Letter A.S. d'ATHIS-MONS (Seine et Oise. Essonne) 29 Sept 1895 - 2pp 1/2 in-8° - "Dear Sir, in the last session of the Academy of Sciences, you spoke out against the TRANSFORMISTS, and you cited a challenge that for 35 years you have addressed to them not to be able to cite any case of obvious MUTATION. In a completely different order of work, I pursue the same goal, and on this subject I have the honour to send you a Brief of myself read to the Society of Anthropology on the ANTHROPOLOGY OF BEAUX-ARTS. You will see that despite all the care I owed to colleagues who do not think like me, I am fighting this pernicious theory, which is harmful to real studies... Dear Mr. BLANCHARD (From the Institute), I regret that age and a disability contracted in my great works of Sculpture deprive me to go to Paris,..." - Letter signed to Émile BLANCHARD Member of the Institute, as a Founding Member of two Associations "Des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Architectes, Graveurs et Dessinateurs" & "Des Inventeurs et Artistes Industriels." Quai Valmy 119 - It has the project to form a vast Association among all Naturalists, spread throughout the world."