Henri-Joseph Rutxhiel (1775 in

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– 1837 in

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, France) was a

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. He belonged to the

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movement. He was first

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, then sculptor in his late life. In 1800, he became the pupil of

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, then that of sculptor

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and the painter

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. In 1809, he won the

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for sculpture with a relief ''Dédale attachant des ailes à son fils Icare'' and then went to the

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Main works

* '' Zéphyr enlevant

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'' 1814, group, marble,

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* ''Le

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'' (1811), bust, marble, château de Chimay * ''Portrait d'Elfriede Clarke de Feltre'', bust, marble,

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, Musée des Beaux-Arts * ''Buste du Duc de Berry (

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) en costume militaire'', bronze, Paris, musée du Louvre File:Buste de Grétry de Henri-Joseph Rutxhiel.jpg, Bust of Gréty, 1804–1805. File:Portrait d’Elfride Clarke de Feltre (vers 1813) de Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel.jpg, ''Bust of Elfride Clarke de Feltre'', 1813. File:Rutxhiel Zéphyr et Psyché.jpg, Zéphyr rapting Psyché, 1814. File:Statue de Suffren - Rutchiel.jpg, Statue of Suffren, 1819.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutxhiel, Henri-Joseph 1775 births 1837 deaths Sculptors from the Holy Roman Empire 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture Neoclassical sculptors Pupils of Jacques-Louis David