Francesco Barzaghi

FRANCESCO BARZAGHI (Milan, 1839-1892) FRANCESCO BARZAGHI (Milan, 1839-1892) Born in Milan on 10 February 1839, Francesco Barzaghi was one of the leading sculptors of the Lombard generation of the second half of the nineteenth century. He trained at the Accademia di...

Louis Ernest Barrias

LOUIS ERNEST BARRIAS (Paris, 1841-1905) LOUIS ERNEST BARRIAS (Paris, 1841-1905) Born on April 13, 1841, in Paris, Louis-Ernest Barrias was the son of a porcelain painter. He followed the path opened twenty years earlier by his brother Félix-Joseph (1822–1907), winner...

Charles-Auguste Fraikin

CHARLES-AUGUSTE FRAIKIN (Herentals, 1817-1893, Brussels) CHARLES-AUGUSTE FRAIKIN (Herentals, 1817-1893, Brussels) Renowned for neoclassical elegance and monumental works. Born in 1817 in Herentals, Fraikin began taking drawing lessons at a young age in Antwerp,...

Paul Dubois

PAUL DUBOIS (Nogent-sur-Seine, 1829-1905, Paris) PAUL DUBOIS (Nogent-sur-Seine, 1829-1905, Paris) “Renaissance, indeed; but the Renaissance of 1876! It is truly modern art, yet endowed with the qualities of eternal art!” – Paul Dubois Born in Nogent-sur-Seine in 1829,...

Eugène Clément Dufossez

EUGÈNE CLÉMENT DUFOSSEZ (Thuin, 1876-1938, Ixelles) EUGÈNE CLÉMENT DUFOSSEZ (Thuin, 1876-1938, Ixelles) Artist blending naturalism with sculptural grace. Eugène Clément Dufossez was a Belgian sculptor. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he lived...

Henri Godet

HENRI GODET (Paris, 1863-1937, Vincennes) HENRI GODET (Paris, 1863-1937, Vincennes) Master of marble and bronze fin-de-siècle. Henri Godet was a refined representative of late 19th- and early 20th-century French sculpture. Trained in Paris, he was a pupil of the...