Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827 – October 12, 1875) was a French sculptor and painter. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Born in Valenciennes, his early studies were under François Rude. Valenciennes (Old Dutch: Valencijn, Latin: Valentianae) is a Town and commune in northern France in the François Rude ( January 4, 1784 - November 3, 1855) was a French sculptor. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. This article concerns the French government prize For similarly named prizes aimed at other countries' nationals see Prix de Rome (disambiguation. Events Works See also Gustave Courbet - The Meeting ('Bonjour Monsieur Courbet') ( Musée Fabre, Montpellier Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime One of them by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all Donatello ( Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi; c 1386 &ndash December 13, 1466) was a famous early Renaissance Italian Andrea del Verrocchio, born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, (c Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. Events Paul Cézanne and his friend Émile Zola arrive in Paris Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte Princesse Française ( May 27 1820 – January 2 1904) was a daughter of Napoleon 's brother Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. In Roman mythology, Flora was a Goddess of flowers and the season of spring. The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2200-seat His group "La Danse" (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, featuring several nude figures in a wild and boisterous dance, was criticized as an offense to common decency. Events Works Paintings See also Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Wine Shop Gustave Courbet
He never managed to finish his last work, the famous "Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth", on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin. VBRITTO-orsay-fremiet-elephantjpg|thumb|thumb|right|200px|Frémiet's elephant statue outside the Musée d'Orsay Paris]] Emmanuel Frémiet ( December 6, 1824 - He died at age 48 in Courbevoie. Courbevoie is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located 8 .
Sculptures by Carpeaux
- Ugolin et ses fils - Ugolino and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)[[1]] with versions in other museums including the Musée d'Orsay
- The Dance (commissioned for the Opera Garnier)
- Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - Neapolitan Fisherboy - in the Louvre, Paris [[2]]
- Girl with Shell
- Antoine Watteau monument, Valenciennes
Neapolitan Fisherboy
Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. Ugolino della Gherardesca (c 1220 &ndash March 1289 count of Donoratico was an Italian noble and naval commander head of the powerful family of della The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, The Musée d'Orsay is a Museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station the Gare The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2200-seat Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Jean-Antoine Watteau ( October 10, 1684 – July 18, 1721) was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of Valenciennes (Old Dutch: Valencijn, Latin: Valentianae) is a Town and commune in northern France in the L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President Eugenie redirects here For other people called Eugenie see Eugenie (disambiguation Empress The last Empress of the French was born The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study. This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the
External links
- A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)
- A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French; it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
- A page analysing Carpeaux's Ugolino, with numerous illustrations
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