ROCHET (Charles), Painter and Sculptor. Brother and pupil of - Lot 538

ROCHET (Charles), Painter and Sculptor. Brother and pupil of Louis ROCHET. Appeared at the Salon from 1844. Professeur aux BEAUX-ARTS (Paris 1815-1900) - 3 Letters (2 L.A.S., 1 L.S) - Lettre A.S. Charles ROCHET, Peintre et Statuaire, Professeur chargé des cours d'Anthropologie et de Zoologie élémentaire à l'École Nationale des BEAUX-ARTS. - PARIS Sept. 16, 1872 - 1p in-8° - "Monsieur; Pour la Publication que j'entreprends, en ce moment de mon Cours appliqué aux Beaux-Arts, j'aurais besoin de faire quelques dessins d'animaux articulés dans la Galerie de Zoologie du Museum." He asks for permission to work in the Galleries. + Letter A.S. from ATHIS-MONS (Seine et Oise. Essonne) Sept 29, 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 you have made to them for 35 years that you cannot cite any case of obvious MUTATION. In a completely different line of work, I'm pursuing the same goal, and in this regard I have the honor of sending you a Memoir I read at the Anthropological Society on THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF BEAUTIFUL ARTS. In it, you will see that, despite all the consideration I owe to colleagues who don't think like me, I am fighting against this pernicious theory, which is harmful to real studies... Dear Monsieur BLANCHARD (De L'Institut), I regret that age and an infirmity contracted in the course of my extensive Sculpture work deprive me of going to Paris, ..." + Letter signed to Émile BLANCHARD Membre de l'Institut, as Founding Member of two Associations "Des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Architectes, Graveurs et Dessinateurs" "Des Inventeurs et Artistes Industriels." Quai Valmy 119 - He has a project to form a vast Association between all Naturalists, scattered throughout the world."