PARIS FROM BEHIND
LA JOUR
Jean-Joseph Perraud (1819-1876) Jardin des Grands-Explorateurs, Marble, 1870 Jean-Joseph Perraud, selected for the Academie des Beaux-Arts and awarded the Legion d’Honneur, was one of the most famous sculptors of his time. Grand Prix de Rome, 1847.
"His limbs were wellfashioned, and his body was perfectly strong, healthy, and well-made. " Henry Fielding - Tom Jones 1749
THE RESCUER
Antoine Etex (1808-1888) Parc Montsouris, Marble, 1886 Originally exhibited in plaster at the Paris Salon of 1853, this marble version was shown at the Exhibition Universelle in 1867. It was placed in Parc Montsouris in 1886. Antoine Etex created many sculptures throughout Paris including Le Paix and Le Resistance on the west facade of the Arc de Triomphe.
COCKFIGHT WINNER
Alexander Falguière (1831-1900) Musée d’Orsay, Bronze, 1862 Despite being competitors, Alexander Falguière and Auguste Rodin sculpted busts of one another as a sign of their friendship. Falguiere’s was shown at the 1897 Salon. Grand Prix de Rome, 1815.
A FIND IN POMPEI
Hippolyte Moulin (1832-1884) Musée d’Orsay, Bronze, 1864
THE EAGLE HUNTERS Jules Coutan (1848-1839) Musée d’Orsay, Plaster, 1893
Jules Coutan is perhaps best known for creating the sculpture above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City called the Transportation Group. He was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and later taught there as well. He was elected to the Academie des Beaux-Arts in 1905. Grand Prix de Rome, 1832.
"Those who live in marble… know of life but a single exquisite instant, eternal indeed in its beauty." Oscar Wilde - The Critic As Artist 1890
MERCURY INVENTING THE CADUCEUS Jean Antoine Idrac (1849-1884) Musée d’Orsay, Marble, 1871
Jean-Antoine-Marie Idrac, a student of Alexandre Falguiere, studied for several years in Rome. He died at a very young age shortly after his return. Several of his works were left to be completed by others including his monument toEtienne Marcel at the Hotel de Ville finished by Laurent Marqueste in 1888. Grand Prix de Rome, 1832.
THE REAPER
Eugène Guillaume (1822-1905) Musée d’Orsay, Marble, 1855 Eugène Guillaume was elected to the Académie Française on May 26, 1898. Grand Prix de Rome, 1845.
GENIE KEEPING THE SECRET OF THE TOMB Rene de Saint-Marceaux (1845-1915) Musée d’Orsay, Marble, 1879
When Rene de Saint-Marceaux was only 23, his work appeared for the first time in the Paris Salon of 1868. He participated in the Salon for several years thereafter. This particular work was famously parodied by a cartoonist as the military colonel hiding the secrets that would have exonerated Alfred Dreyfus.
"The line of your back separating you falls into paler regions then surges to the smooth hemispheres of an apple, and goes splitting your loveliness into two pillars… pure alabaster." Pablo Neruda - Ode To A Naked Beauty 1924
THE AGE OF BRONZE Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Musée d’Orsay, Bronze, 1877
The realism of this life-size male figure gave Rodin the visibility he deserved as a sculptor. But it also brought him the criticism that it was so natural and life-like, he must have cast it from a live model. In response, his later work was often larger or smaller than life to avoid this false accusation.
FARNESE HERCULES RESTING Giovanni Comino (1645-1695) Jardin des Tuileries, Marble, 1670
Giovanni Comino created a marble copy of the Faranese Hercules in Rome between 1670 and 1672. It was placed in the Parc de Sceaux in 1686, and in the Jardin des Tuileries in 1793. In 2010, it was returned to Sceaux. A cast of Comino’s copy has replaced his original.
UGOLIN
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Musée d’Orsay, Plaster, 1887 Ugolin was inspired by Dante’s Inferno in which Count Ugolin and his sons and grandsons are imprisoned for his treason and starved to death. Rodin created his version to be a part of his sculpture The Gates Of Hell.
NARCISSE
Paul Dubois (1829-1905) Musée d’Orsay, Marble, 1867 While a student in Rome, Paul Dubois created Narcissus in plaster and submitted it to the Paris Salon in 1863. It won a second class medal and was purchased by the State. This marble version was created for the 1867 Exposition Universelle. Dubois was also a successful portrait painter.
"He climbed to the very top... then descended nimbly, revealing under his loose cloak a golden nakedness." Andre Gide - The Immoralist 1921
ADAM
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Musee Rodin, Bronze, 1881 When it was originally presented at the 1881 Paris Salon, this sculpture was entitled The Creation Of Man. However, when it was later decided to flank The Gate of Hell with monumental sculptures of Adam and Eve, it was rechristened Adam.
"The sun falls… on the black of his polished and perfect limbs. I behold the picturesque giant and love him." Walt Whitman - Song of Myself 1892
L'HOMME Pierre Traverse (1892-1979) Jardins du Trocadero, Sandstone, 1937 Having been accepted three times to show his work at the Salon des Artistes Francais, Pierre Traverse became an hors-concours member which meant he could submit his work without approval of the committee.
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Musée de Louvre
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Jardin des Tuileries
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Musée d’Orsay
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Jardin des Grands-Explorateurs
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Bourse de Commerce
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Jardin des Plantes
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Jardin du Luxembourg
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Parc Montsouris
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Place Camille-Jullian
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Place de la Concorde
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Cimetière du Montparnasse
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Musée Bourdelle
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Square du Palais Galleria
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Musée Rodin
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Trocadero
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Petit Palais
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