Claude Ramey (29 October 17544 June 1838) was a French

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Life

Ramey was born 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. The earlies ...

and received his art training in the ''École de Dessin'' in that city under

François Devosge François Devosge, François III Devosge or Claude François III (25 January 1732, Gray, Haute-Saône - 22 December 1811, Dijon) was a French portraitist and history painter. Among his students were François Rude, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon and Claud ...

. He then went to

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and studied Sculpture with Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois. In 1782, he won the Prix de Rome and was subsequently a ''pensionnaire'' at the French Academy in

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from 1782 to 1786. Between 1806 and 1810 he was engaged on the

bas reliefs Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

on the

Vendôme Column Vendôme (, ) is a subprefecture of the department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the main towns along the river Loir. The river divides itself at the ent ...

in Paris. In 1817, he was elected to the Academie des Beaux Arts; amongst his students was

Jean-Pierre Cortot Jean-Pierre Cortot (20 August 1787 – 12 August 1843) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Life Cortot was born and died in Paris. He was educated at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, and won the Prix de Rome in 1809, residing in the Vi ...

. In 1828, he produced a monumental statue of

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ...

which was installed at Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire.Biography
(Wikiphidias). Ramey died in Paris in June 1838. He was the father of

Étienne-Jules Ramey Étienne-Jules Ramey (24 May 1796 – 29 October 1852), called ''Ramey fils'', was a French sculptor. Biography Ramey was born in Paris. The pupil of his father, Claude Ramey (1754–1838), he also trained in the studio of Pierre Cartellier. ...

(1796–1852), also a sculptor.

Works

*
Napoléon I in coronation robes
' (Paris, Louvre Museum). *
Napoleon I evokes Minerva, Mercury and the deities of Peace etc
(1811, relief, Louvre Museum). *
Sappho
' (1801, marble statue, Louvre Museum). *''L'Entrevue de

Tilsit Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск; german: Tilsit; Old Prussian: ''Tilzi''; lt, Tilžė; pl, Tylża) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania. Geography Sov ...

'' (marble bas-relief, Paris, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. *''

Naiad In Greek mythology, the naiads (; grc-gre, ναϊάδες, naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. They are distinct from river gods, who ...

'' (statue,

Medici Fountain The Medici Fountain (french: la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent ...

, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg). *''

Eugène de Beauharnais Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marr ...

'', Viceroy of (1781-1824) (1810, marble statue,

Palace of Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 19 ...

). *''

'' (1828, Marble statue at Place Aristide-Briand,

Richelieu Richelieu (, ; ) may refer to: People * Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal * Louis François Armand ...

(

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...

). *''Minerve instruisant la jeunesse'' (1787, terracotta, Musée de la Révolution française)

Gallery

References

*This article incorporates text from the French Wikipedia,

Claude Ramey Claude Ramey (29 October 17544 June 1838) was a French sculptor. Life Ramey was born in Dijon and received his art training in the ''École de Dessin'' in that city under François Devosge. He then went to Paris and studied Sculpture with Étien ...

. 1754 births 1838 deaths Artists from Dijon 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub