Famous People with Name Lami

Stanislas Lami            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Stanislas Lami: was a French sculptor and art historian. Some of his works are on show in museums in Spain. The musée d'Orsay has his marble sculpture of a Chien danois (c.1892) - he also produced a Death-Mask of Berlioz (1884) now held at the bibliothèque de l'Opéra de Paris. He gave one of his works to his relation Charles de Gaulle. Stanislas Lami exhibited frequently at the Paris Salons, including that of 1897, and at the Chicago salon of 1893. In the end his descendents held onto the majority of his works (private collections of Thoury, Pellerin, Fargon, etc.).

Alphonse Lami            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Alphonse Lami: was a French sculptor of Italian descent. In 1865, Alphonse Lami took part in the scientific commission sent to Mexico by the ministry of public instruction. Suffering from a liver disease he had caught from his stay in the tropics, he unwisely undertook a new trip to Egypt on his return to France from Mexico. He arrived in Alexandria when his condition suddenly worsened and he died there in July 1867.