François Gaspard Adam
François Gaspard Adam (May 23, 1710 – August 18, 1761) was a French
sculptor
.
A member of the Adam family of painters, François was born at
.Life and work
François Gaspard Adam, who came from a family of sculptors, was born in 1710 as the youngest son of the French sculptor
Nicolas Sébastien to Rome, where he arrived in 1730. There he probably studied ancient sculptures from the private collection of the cardinal Polignac, which his brother Lambert-Sigisbert restored and added to.[3]
In January 1733, François Gaspard and Lambert-Sigisbert, after a brief stay in Nancy in Lorraine, went to Paris. In 1740 he received second prize for a sculpture in the competition
Accademia di Belle Arti
in Florence on his return journey to France in 1746 .
After a short stay in Paris, Adam entered the service of the Prussian king
Lustgarten was established by the king specifically for the production of marble sculptures.[4] His first commissioned works were the marble sculptures "Venus Urania" and "Apollon" created in 1748 for the marble hall of the newly built Potsdam summer palace Sanssouci. In 1749 the "Flora with Zephyr" was created for the uppermost vineyard terrace of Sanssouci, which a year later the "Cleopatra mourning Amor” followed. He was also involved in the furnishing of the "French Rondells" in the adjoining south Parterre, for which he created marble figures and bas-reliefs. In 1751 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts and Mechanical Sciences
, Section for Fine Arts.
In 1759 François Gaspard Adam left Prussia and returned to Paris, although he had not completed all the commissioned work. His nephew
Kurt Christoph von Schwerin for the Wilhelmplatz
in Berlin.
References
- ^ Sturgis, Russell (1901). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Volume I. Macmillan. p. 24.
- ^ "Field Marshall Schwerin, Statuette (1759)". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ a b Gerdt Streidt, Peter Feierabend: Prussia. Art and Architecture. Könemann, Cologne 1999, p. 229.
- ^ Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg: The gods are returning. Jaron, Berlin 2011, p. 11.
Bibliography
- Peter Bloch, Waldemar Grzimek: Die Berliner Bildhauerschule im neunzehnten Jahrhundert. Das klassische Berlin. Revised edition. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-7861-1767-5.
- Peter Bloch: Ethos & Pathos. Die Berliner Bildhauerschule 1786–1914. 2 volumes (catalogue and accompanying volume).. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7861-1599-0 (On the exhibition, Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, May 19 to July 29, 1990).
- Eberhard Ruhmer, Adam, François Gaspard Balthasar, ISBN 3-428-00182-6
- Stanislas Lami, Adam, François Gaspard Balthasar Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Edited by Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Volume 1, page61
External links
Media related to François Gaspard Adam at Wikimedia Commons
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