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Birth
1827 (Valenciennes, France)
Death
1875 (Courbevoie, France)
Lived/Active
France
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Often Known For
figure sculpture, painting, and drawings
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827 – October 12, 1875) was a French sculptor and painter.
Born in Valenciennes, Nord, son of a mason, his early studies were under François Rude.
Carpeaux entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1844 and won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio.
Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with t (showing 500 of 1642 characters). |
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