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Jean Jacques Pradier [1792-1852], was a Swiss-born French sculptor best known for his work in the Neoclassical style. Born in Geneva, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808.

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Statue of Gilliat struggling with octopus By French sculptor, Joseph Carlier

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie). Date: 1872. Culture: French, Paris. Medium: Terracotta. Dimensions: Overall (w...

Ruckstull intended “Evening” to portray an ideal, rather than a specific being. It illustrates his observation that “[e]verything in nature folds at evening.” The voluptuous figure in a contrapposto stance tucks her face under her raised, bent right arm, and her drowsy, distant expression suggests the approach of sleep

Jean Jacques Pradier [1792-1852], was a Swiss-born French sculptor best known for his work in the Neoclassical style. Born in Geneva, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808.

Charles Cordier was one of the greatest French 19th-century sculptors. Appointed ethnographic sculptor to the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle in Paris in 1851, Cordier established an international reputation through his sympathetic and arresting portrayals of different ethnicities. #sculpture #Orientalism