Francisque Joseph Duret
Francisque Joseph Duret (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sisk ʒɔzɛf dyʁɛ]; 19 October 1804 – 26 May 1865) was a French sculptor, son and pupil of François-Joseph Duret (1732–1816).
Life and career
Before becoming a sculptor, Francisque Duret had shown interest in pursuing a career in theater. He studied for a brief time at the Conservatoire and his friend Charles Blanc (1813-1882), in an article which he dedicated in 1866, attested to the quality of observing human behavior which Duret had acquired outside his studies of drama: "His continual studies of the pantomime led him to pin down the language of gesture and the meaning of each disposition".[1] Finally, it was the work of the sculptor which he decided to pursue.
After his tutelage under his father, who passed when Duret was but twelve years old, he also studied under
In 1833 he exhibited his Neapolitan Fisher Dancing the Tarantella, now in the
One of his works, Grape-picker Extemporizing, made in 1839, shows a man playing a mandolin. The sculpture shows the instrument in the period when its popularity had declined outside of Italy.[3] The instrument had left the concert halls, becoming a folk instrument.[3]
He received the medal of honor in 1855, was an Officer in the
Selected works
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Neapolitan Fisher Dancing the Tarantella, 1833
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Grape-picker Extemporizing,1839
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Cirque d'hiver Paris
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Fontaine Saint-Michel, Paris
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The tragedy (musée des Augustins, Toulouse), c. 1851-1875
References
- ^ Blanc, Charles. "Francisque Duret". Gazette des Beaux-Arts. t.XX: 111–112.
- ISBN 9780807609538ISBN 978-0807609538
- ^ a b Sparks 2003, p. 1, 9–10, 14–15
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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(help - Sparks, Paul (2003). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195173376.
External links
- Francisque Joseph Duret in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website