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Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu ( Le Mée-sur-Seine, 29 de septiembre de 1833 – París, 21 de abril de 1891) fue un escultor francés del neoclasicismo . Biografía. Fue alumno de James Pradier, Francisque Duret y León Cogniet en la École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de París, donde entró en 1849.
Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (29 September 1833 – 21 April 1891) was a French sculptor in a modified Neoclassical tradition who was known for his use of allegory in his work. Life and career [ edit ] Born in Le Mée-sur-Seine into modest circumstances, Chapu moved to Paris with his family and in 1847 entered the Petit École with the ...
Henri Michel Antoine Chapu est un sculpteur et médailleur français, né le 29 septembre 1833 au Mée-sur-Seine et mort le 21 avril 1891 dans le 7e arrondissement de Paris 1 . Biographie. Léonce de Vogüé. Léon Bonnat, Autoportrait (1855) , Paris, musée d'Orsay. Fronton de la Cour de cassation à Paris. Hercule et Mars au repos, château de Versailles.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (born Sept. 29, 1833, Le Mée, France—died April 21, 1891, Paris) was a French sculptor and portrait medallist whose works were softened expressions of the Neoclassical tradition. Early in his career Chapu spent five years in Italy after winning the Prix de Rome in 1855.
Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu, born in 1833, left his native village of Le Mée as an adolescent, when his parents moved to Paris as the concierges for the marquis de Vogüé. In 1848 he enrolled in the Petite Ecole to learn the tapestry profession. He changed professional course within the year and successfully competed for admission to the Ecole ...
Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu French. ca. 1869. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556. Chapu was a Second Empire sculptor with rare lyric gifts. His young winged genius bows the violin before a cityscape that represents Thebes, whose walls were said to have been raised to the strains of Amphion's lyre; he is the diminutive figure at right.
Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Title: Truth. Monument to Flaubert. Artist: Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (French, Mée-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne 1833–1891 Paris) Founder: Casy by Thiébaut frères (French) Date: after 1890. Culture: French. Medium: Bronze, mounted on red marble.
