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Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois
Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois, also Étienne Gois le père, (1 January 1731 – 3 February 1823) was a French sculptor. Biography Gois initially studied under Étienne Jeaurat, then went into the workshop of Michelangelo Slodtz. He won the first grand prize for sculpture in 1757, on a Relief#Bas-relief or low relief, bas-relief with the subject ''Tullie faisant enlever les morts''. The prize money allowed Gois to travel to Rome. At the end of his stay at Palazzo Mancini, he executed a bust of ''la Douleur'' (Pain), a work that was presented three years later at the Salon (Paris), Paris Salon to great success. Returning from Rome where he had fruitful studies, on 26 October 1765, he became an associate of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, graduating on 23 February 1770. On 27 July 1776 the academy appointed Gois assistant professor. He was then appointed Professor on 7 July 1781, replacing Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (the Elder). In 1788 he gave the academy a model ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Benedikt Kuriger
Josef Benedikt Kuriger (May 25, 1754 in Einsiedeln, Schwyz – July 6, 1819 in Wettingen) was a Swiss goldsmith, sculptor, modeller and model maker who pioneered embryological modeling. Josef Benedikt Kuriger was the son of goldsmith Augustin Mathias Kuriger (1723–1780), and the younger brother of the goldsmith and wax sculptor Josef Anton Kuriger (1750–1830). In c. 1768, Joseph Benedikt followed his brother Joseph Anton to Paris. There he was taught by the sculptor Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois. Some sources say that he was first taught by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Kuriger's work at the anatomical theatre in Paris gave him the experience to move from portraits and devotional objects to anatomy and obstetrics. Kuriger created wax models of embryos, based on Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring's . In c. 1778, he returned to Einsiedeln and settled there, only occasionally returning to Paris. The William Tell monument behind the St. Peter and Paul Church in Bürglen (since 1891) was creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculptors From Paris
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramic art, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or Molding (process), moulded or Casting, cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. In addition, most ancient sculpture was painted, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century French Sculptors
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Sculptors
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18th-century French Sculptors
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in Society, human society and the Natural environment, environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, History of slavery, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russian Empire, Russia and Qing dynasty, China. Western world, Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1823 Deaths
Events January–March * January 22 – By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII (who has been captured by armed revolutionary liberals) as absolute monarch of the country. * January 23 – In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula of Wales, William Buckland inspects the " Red Lady of Paviland", the first identification of a prehistoric (male) human burial (although Buckland dates it as Roman). * February 3 ** Jackson Male Academy, precursor of Union University, opens in Tennessee. ** Gioachino Rossini's opera ''Semiramide'' is first performed, at ''La Fenice'' in Venice. * February 10 – The first worldwide carnival parade takes place in Cologne, Prussia. * February 11 – Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta. * February 15 (approx.) – The first officially recognis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1731 Births
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Edme-François-Étienne Gois
Edme-François-Étienne Gois, also Étienne Gois le fils, (1765–1836) was a French sculptor. Born in Paris, Gois was the son of the sculptor Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois, with whom he initially trained. He then attended the École des Beaux-Arts, where he won the second prize in sculpture in 1788 and a first prize in 1791. The 1791 work was a depiction of ''Abraham#Abimelech, Abimelech Taking Sarah''. The first prize was originally awarded to Pierre-Charles Bridan. Gois wrote to the king for another first prize, which was granted. Louis XVI of France hastened to write to the Academy for this award to be presented, and it was immediately given to the Gois. References * Ferdinand Hoefer, New General Biography, vol. 21, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1858, p. 86-7. 1765 births 1836 deaths 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French sculptors Sculptors from Paris 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Jeaurat
Étienne Jeaurat (9 February 1699, in Vermenton – 14 December 1789, in Versailles (city), Versailles) was a French painter, above all remembered for his lively street scenes. Early life Born in Vermenton near Auxerre, Jeaurat became an orphan at an early age. His brother, the engraver Edme Jeaurat, entrusted him to Nicolas Vleughels, a friend of Antoine Watteau, who was appointed director of the Académie de France in Rome in 1724. Vleughels took Jeaurat to Rome for an extended stay, exerting considerable influence on his work."Turquerie - Etienne Jeaurat" ''Ville de Namur''. Retrieved 26 April 2012. Career After returning to Paris, Jearat became a member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, Royal Academy in 1733. In 1737, he first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes at the Louvre ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (called ''Lagrenée l'aîné'', Lagrenée the elder) (30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805) was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the ''Grand Prix de Rome'' for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the '' Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture'' in 1755. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (called ''Lagrenée le jeune'', Lagrenée the younger) was also a painter. Biography He was born in Paris on the 30th of December 1724 and from an early age he showed promise in drawing and painting. During his youth, master painter members of the French Royal Academy offered a rolling programme of courses, open to the public (for a small fee), in life drawing and the principles and techniques of art. These courses gave academy members a chance to identify and nurture six of the most gifted young students in any given year and offer them a place on a scheme known as the ''École royale des élèves protégé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Royale De Peinture Et De Sculpture
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (; ) was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abolished in 1793 during the French Revolution. It included most of the important painters and sculptors, maintained almost total control of teaching and exhibitions, and afforded its members preference in royal commissions. Founding In the 1640s, France's artistic life was still based on the medieval system of guilds like the Académie de Saint-Luc which had a tight grip on the professional lives of artists and artisans alike. Some artists had managed to get exemptions but these were based on favoritism rather than merit. According to the 17th century ''Mémoires'' about the founding of the ''Académie royale'', a few "superior men" who were "real artists", suffered and felt humiliated under the guild system. In view of increasing pressure by the Parisian guilds for painters and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
