David d'Angers
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Born | Pierre-Jean David 12 March 1788 Angers, France |
Died | 4 January 1856 Paris, France | (aged 67)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | sculptor and medallist |
Pierre-Jean David (12 March 1788 – 4 January 1856) was a French sculptor, medalist and active freemason.[1] He adopted the name David d'Angers, following his entry into the studio of the painter Jacques-Louis David in 1809 as a way of both expressing his patrimony and distinguishing himself from the master painter.
Biography
He was born in
While in Paris he did work both on the Arc de Triomphe and the exterior of the Louvre. In 1810 he succeeded in taking the second place prize at the
Returning from Rome around the time of the
With great difficulty he made his way to Paris again, where a comparatively prosperous career opened before him. His medallions and busts were in much request, as well as orders for monumental works. One of the most famous of these was that of Gutenberg at Strassburg; but those he himself valued most were the statue of Barra (Joseph Bara), a drummer boy who purportedly continued to beat his drum until the moment of death in the war in La Vendée, and the monument to the Greek liberator Markos Botsaris.
David's busts and medallions were very numerous, and among his sitters may be found not only the illustrious men and women of France, but many others both of England and Germany countries which he visited professionally in 1827 and 1829. His medallions number over 500.
David's fame rests firmly on his
In the Musée David in Angers is an almost complete collection of his works either in the form of copies or in the original moulds. As an example of his benevolence of character may be mentioned his rushing off to the sickbed of
Of Reviving Greece, his monument to the Greek liberator
Museums
- David d'Angers gallery, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers
- Musée Carnavalet, Paris
- Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris
Selected works
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Reviving Greece, his monument to the Greek liberator Markos Botsaris
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Bust of Armand de Bricqueville, Cherbourg-Octeville
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Statue ofDunkerque
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Bust ofcimetière du Père-Lachaise
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Bust ofmusée du Louvre
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Portrait of Honoré de Balzac
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Statue of David de Pury
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Statue de Xavier Bichat, Paris Descartes University
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Statue of Gutenberg, Imprimerie nationale, Paris
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Rotundaof the U.S. Capitol
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Tomb of David d'Angers - Père Lachaise Cemetery
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The Musée David d'Angers, in the former Toussaint Abbey, Angers
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George Washington (1828)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1829)
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Victor Hugo (1837)
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Konstantinos Kanaris (1852)
Notes
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (February 2014) |
- ^ Initiated in ""Le Père de famille"" Lodge in Angers
References
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "David, Pierre Jean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 862. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
See also
- Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French Wikipedia)
External links
- David d'Angers in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website