Clodion

CLODION (CLAUDE MICHEL) (Nancy, 1738-1814, Paris) CLODION (CLAUDE MICHEL) (Nancy, 1738-1814, Paris) The Sculptor of Erotic Grace and the Bacchic World: The Unrivalled Master of French Terracotta Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was born in Nancy on 20 December 1738....

Adolfo Cipriani

ADOLFO CIPRIANI (1857-1941, Florence) ADOLFO CIPRIANI (1857-1941, Florence) The Florentine master of the female marble bust, between academic grace and the delicacy of the Belle Époque. Adolfo Cipriani was born in 1857 in Italy and trained in the great Tuscan...

Raoul-François Larche

RAOUL-FRANÇOIS LARCHE (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1860-1912, Lagny) RAOUL-FRANÇOIS LARCHE (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1860-1912, Lagny) French sculptor at the crossroads of academic tradition and Art Nouveau, celebrant of the allegorical woman and lush vegetation....

Luca Madrassi

LUCA MADRASSI (Tricesimo, 1848-1919, Paris) LUCA MADRASSI (Tricesimo, 1848-1919, Paris) Sculptor of Italian origin naturalised French, student of Cavelier and practitioner of Gustave Doré, creator of universalist allegories of the Belle Époque. Luca Madrassi was born...

Constantin Meunier

CONSTANTIN MEUNIER (Etterbeek, 1831-1905, Ixelles) CONSTANTIN MEUNIER (Etterbeek, 1831-1905, Ixelles) The sculptor of workers’ dignity, monumental voice of Belgian social realism, praised by Van Gogh and Rodin. Constantin Meunier was born in 1831 in Etterbeek, a...