Moine was born in
Saint-Étienne. He began his career as a
landscape painter, before becoming a sculptor. He obtained some success exhibiting at the Salon in the early 1830s. From 1835 to 1840, Antonin Moine worked, alongside Louis-Parfait Merlieux and Jean-Jacques Elshoecht (said Carle Elshoecht), on the creation of sculptures commissioned for the
Fontaine des Mers and the
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi devoted to the beautification of the
Place de la Concorde, as decided by the
Mairie de Paris, its owner since 1828. The work was attributed to architect
Jacques-Ignace Hittorff. In 1836, Moine sculpted some of the three
Néréides which are on each fountain. Antonin Moine committed suicide in Paris on 18 March 1849. ==Legacy==