''Jules Dalou'' is an 1883 bronze bust with green and brown patina. It shows
Jules Dalou and was produced by his fellow-sculptor
Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
to mark Dalou's winning the medal of honour in 1882 when he first exhibited at the
Paris Salon
The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...
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Friendship
Dalou and Rodin had met as students at the Petite Ècole and had become friends. Rodin sent the work to Dalou in 1897 when the latter returned to France from London, but disagreements over it and Rodin's monument to
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
later ended the friendship.
[ «Del Romanticismo al Surrealismo en Europa». ''Seis Siglos de Arte . Cien Grandes Maestros.'' Ciudad de México: Fundación Carso. 2005. .]
See also
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List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
References
External links
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Sculptures by Auguste Rodin
1883 sculptures