Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Jean -Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827 in Valenciennes, † October 12, 1875 in Courbevoie near Paris) was a French sculptor.

After completing his schooling Carpeaux financed his living for some time through the establishment of models and stereotypes for the art industry. Only later he attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux -arts de Paris. There he was taught the sculptor Francisque Joseph Duret and François Rude. Carpeaux 1854 was the occasion of an exhibition of the Académie Française awarded the Prix de Rome.

Connected to the price was a generous traveling scholarship which enabled Carpeaux a journey through Italy and an extended stay in Rome. But In addition to the study of ancient masters interested him also " modern art ". One of his most important works on this trip is to call " Neapolitan fisher boy ". With its short time later finished bust " La Palombella " ( a young Sabine ) Carpeaux had found his own style and had come out from the shadow of his teachers.

On the occasion of an exhibition in Valenciennes (North ) presented Carpeaux before the bust of the Laughing girl to the public and went back to Rome. There he created by Templates by Dante Alighieri of the group surrounded by his four sons and grandchildren Ugolino. This large sculpture Carpeaux remained one hand arrested naturalism, on the other hand, he seemed so with the laws of plastic conflict.

Carpeaux 1862 returned back to France, and Paris settled down. He founded a studio and one of the first works there were " bust of Princess Mathilde " (1863 ) and " The girl with the conch " (1864 ). With his " statue of the Prince Imperial ," he courted attention to himself and he was commissioned to decorate the Flora Pavilion of the Louvre.

His major work, La Danse come on the facade of the ground floor of the new opera in Paris, in which exuberant joy of life, dramatic power, but also wild exuberance expressed, sparked a fierce polemic. Due to all the regime of Emperor Napoléon III hostile elements was nourished. As a result of this dispute has been viewed 1869 carried out an attack on the night of 27 to August 28. An outraged citizens hurled an inkpot against the plastic. However, the stains could be removed.

At the age of 48 years Jean -Baptiste Carpeaux died on October 12, 1875 in Courbevoie near Paris.

Works (selection)

  • Neapolitan fisher boy
  • La Palombella (bust )
  • Laughing Girl (bust )
  • Group of surrounded by his four sons and grandchildren Ugolino ( bronze casting), Paris (Jardin des Tuileries )
  • Princess Mathilde (1863, Bust )
  • The Girl with the Shell (1864 )
  • Statue of the Prince Imperial
  • The Fountain of the Four Continents (Jardin du Luxembourg )
  • The statue Antoine Watteau
  • The bust of Alexandre Dumas the Younger
  • The portrait bust of Eugenie Fiocre (1869).
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