Edmé Bouchardon

Edmé Bouchardon (* May 29, 1698 in Chaumont, † July 27, 1762 in Paris) was a French artist, sculptor, medalist and architect. He was a pioneer of neoclassicism.

Life

The son of the sculptor Jean -Baptiste Manoir de Beauregard (1667-1742) began his training in his father's studio and was a pupil of Guillaume Coustou this year. In 1722 he was awarded the contracts awarded by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture Prix de Rome won, which was connected with a royal scholarship and a multi-year period of study in Rome. He spent ten years in Rome. After his return he was appointed court sculptor ( 1732), included in the Academy (1744), and there appointed professor ( 1745).

Edmé Bouchardon died in 1762 at the age of 64 years in Paris.

Awards and honors

Work

The commissioned by the city of Paris created, completed in 1745 fountain in the Rue de Grenelle is considered Bouchardon masterpiece. The work is representative of the transition from Rococo to academic classicism. The city of Paris gave him 1751 also the execution of the equestrian statue of Louis XV .. The artist worked on it until his death, but it was not completed until after his death by his pupil Jean -Baptiste Pigalle ( 1714-1785 ). The work was overturned and destroyed during the French Revolution.

The Musée du Louvre has sculptures and drawings of Manoir de Beauregard. Drawings from his hand and documents on his life and work has also the Musée d' art et d' histoire in Chaumont, the birthplace of the artist. A hall, where it is dedicated.

Selections

Student

• Louis -Claude Vassé (1716-1772)