Jean-Baptiste Paul Cabet (1 February 1815,
Nuits
Nuits (; also known, though unofficially, as ''Nuits-sur-Armançon'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
See also
*Armançon river
*Communes of the Yonne department
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, Yonne – 1876, Paris), was a French sculptor. He was the pupil of
François Rude
François Rude (4 January 1784 – 3 November 1855) was a French sculptor, best known for the ''Departure of the Volunteers'', also known as ''La Marseillaise'' on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (1835–36). His work often expressed patriotic the ...
, his stepfather. Having achieved his own fame, he was the author of the statue known under the name of ''Résistance'' as a witness to the heroic fightings in
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
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during the 1870 war and other statues located in the
Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
[Paul Cabe]
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Main works
* ''Saint Martin partageant son manteau'', Musée d'Orsay
* ''Mil huit cent soixante et onze'', Musée d'Orsay
* ''Chant et Poésie'', Musée d'Orsay
* ''Désespoir'', Musée d'Orsay
* ''Résistance''
* ''Suzanne surprise au bain'', 1861, Musée d'Orsay
References
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1815 births
1876 deaths
People from Yonne
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
19th-century French male artists