The pouting child JB Carpeaux

The pouting child - Carpeaux

RF005744
Of modest origin, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux had a difficult youth.
Admitted in 1844 at the school of fine arts (Ecole des Beaux-Arts) in Paris, he entered Rude's studio in 1846.

He was noticed by Napoleon III and commissions soon followed, namely "The Dance", a group for the façade of the Opera as well...
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Characteristics

Dimensions
27 x 16 x 12 cm
Material of the original work
Terre cuite
Theme
Childhood
Art movement
19th century
Maintenance
Ne pas exposer à une source de chaleur directe. Nettoyage : chiffon doux et sec
Artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)
Material
Resin
Reference
RF005744
EAN
3336727446256
Package Dimensions
1.2cm x 1.6cm x 2.7cm
Conservation museum
Nice - Musée Chéret

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, son of a mason and a lacemaker from Valenciennes, built an exceptional destiny closely linked to the "imperial feast" of Napoleon III's reign. The one who stood out sharply in the artistic world of his time is also one of the most perfect incarnations of the cursed artist's romantic idea: by the brevity and dazzling nature of his career, concentrated over a period of fifteen years, by the violence and passion of relentless hard work on the subjects he chose or commissioned (the Pavillon de Flore du Louvre, La Danse pour l'opéra de Charles Garnier).