Jean-Joseph Carriès

Jean -Joseph Marie Carriès (* February 15, 1855 in Lyon, † July 1, 1894 in Paris ) was a famous French sculptor and ceramist of the late 19th century; and co-founder of Art Nouveau.

Life

Jean -Joseph Carriès came from a modest family, his father was a shoemaker in Lyon. Early on, he lost his parents and grew up in a Roman Catholic orphanage. In 1868 he studied under the sculptor Pierre Vermare, who advised him strongly to continue his studies in Paris. In 1874 he enrolled at the prestigious École des Beaux -Arts to study under Augustin -Alexandre Dumont. The following year, his first exhibition was held in the Salon de Paris and gained considerable recognition for his sculptures, regularly involved in the Carriès to 1881. Between the years 1876 and 1878, he graduated in Lyon from his military service. After his military service he returned to Paris and opened his own studio. After a visit to the World's Fair in 1878 with Japanese work, he began polychrome Horror Masks manufacture. In October 1883, he met the famous foundry Pierre Bingen know, who specializes in the lost wax process. The collaboration between the two men, it enabled the sculptor to execute the patina of his bronzes themselves. In the following years he exhibited at the Salon du Champ -de- Mars and the Cercle d'Art of the XX. in Brussels. In 1892, the government of France awarded him the distinction of Chevalier de Legion of Honor.

1894 ill Jean -Joseph Carriès to pleurisy and died 39 -year-old from the consequences of tuberculous meningitis. He was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.