Antoine Étex

Antoine eTeX ( born March 20, 1808 in Paris, † July 14, 1888 in Chaville, Hauts -de- Seine) was a French sculptor, painter, architect and writer.

Life

ETEX was a student of Louis Dupaty, James Pradier, Jean -Auguste -Dominique Ingres and Félix Duban. In 1829 he was awarded for his " dying Hyacinth " the second prize and a two-year traveling scholarship to Italy.

He visited Italy, Algeria, Corsica, Spain, Germany and England. The colossal group Caïn et sa race maudits de Dieu (Salon 1833) found such applause that the Minister Adolphe Thiers he entrusted the execution of two high reliefs of the Arc de Triomphe: the " resistance of the French people against the Allies in 1814 " and the "peace of 1815 ".

In 1841 Salon him his tomb Géricault wore a the cross of the Legion of Honour. His main works are: " Hero and Leander "; " Blanche of Castile "; " Charlemagne"; "St. Augustine "; " The Shipwrecked ", marble group (1867 ); " St. Benedict, rolling around on thorns "; " Hercules"; Monument of Ingres Montauban.

In addition, he still provided numerous portrait medallions and busts. As a painter, he cultivated the portrait and history painting in oil, watercolor and pastel as. As an architect, he led several grave monuments.

Works

• Essai sur le beau (Paris 1851)
• Cours de dessin élémentaires ( 3rd edition 1859)
• J. Pradler, étude sur sa vie, etc. ( 1859)
• Ary Scheffer (1859 )
• Beaux -Arts. Dix leçons sur le dessin appliqué aux arts "