ROCHET (Charles), Painter and Sculptor. Brother and pupil of - Lot 653

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" and "Des Inventeurs et Artistes Industriels." Quai Valmy 119 - He has a project to form a vast Association between all Naturalists, scattered throughout the world."