Ernest Christophe
Ernest Christophe | |
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| Born | Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe 15 January 1827 Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 14 January 1892 17th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Resting place | Batignolles Cemetery 48°53′49″N 2°18′50″E / 48.897°N 2.314°E |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | The Human Comedy |
Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe (15 January 1827 – 14 January 1892) was a French sculptor, a student of
Christophe developed a deep friendship with Cuban-born French poet José-Maria de Heredia and made him his testamentary legatee. De Heredia collected part of Ernest's library after his death.[3] He is buried in the Batignolles Cemetery.[1]
Notable works
One of Christophe's most recognized works is the Human Comedy sculpture that he submitted in 1876 to the Paris Salon. The Statue was acquired and exposed in the Jardin des Tuileries in 1877 and was moved to the Orsay museum since 1986 after restoration works in the Louvre.[4] The sculpture inspired Christophe's friend Charles Baudelaire to write his poem Le Masque (the Mask).[5] The sculptor renamed his statue "The Mask" with a nod to Baudelaire's ekphrastic poem.[6] The work depicts a semi-nude woman whose smiling face is really a mask that hides "a face of sorrow".[7]
La Fatalité, a statue executed by Christophe in 1885, inspired another French poet Leconte de Lisle's poem of the same title.[8]
Gallery
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The Human Comedy - The Mask, 1876, marble, Musée d'Orsay, Paris -
Le baiser suprême -
La Fatalité
References
- ^ a b c d Bénézit 1999, p. 626
- ^ Lindsay 2000, p. 2
- ^ Mortelette 2006, p. 113
- ^ Musée d'Orsay (2006). "La Comédie humaine". Fiche Oeuvre. Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ Pingeot 2000, p. 40
- ^ McGowan 2008, p.357
- ^ Wright 2005, p. 34
- ^ Mortelette 2006, p. 196
Bibliography
- ISBN 9782700030433.
- Lindsay, Suzanne G. (2012). Funerary Arts and Tomb Cult: Living with the Dead in France, 1750–1870. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781409422617.
- McGowan, James (2008). "Explanatory notes". In ISBN 9780199535583.
- Mortelette, Yann (2006). José-Maria de Heredia: poète du Parnasse. Collection Colloques de la Sorbonne (in French). Presses Paris Sorbonne. ISBN 9782840504627.
- Pingeot, Anne (2000). "Sculpture and literature in nineteenth-century France". In Aspley, Keith (ed.). From Rodin to Giacometti: Sculpture and Literature in France, 1880–1950. Rodopi. ISBN 9789042004832.
- Wright, Barbara (2005). "Baudelaire's poetic journal in Les Fleurs du Mal". In Lloyd, Rosemary (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Baudelaire. Cambridge Companions to Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521537827.
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