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Henri Michel Antoine Chapu
(1833 - 1891)
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Lived/Active: France
Known for: mythology and history figure sculpture, commemorative medals
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 Henri Michel Chaper is primarily known as Henri Michel Antoine Chapu
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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
A BUST OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PÈRE
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The following information was submitted by Mark Grove.
Artist: Henri Michel Antoine Chapu (French: 1833-1891).
“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 intention of studying drawing and becoming an interior decorator. There his talents began to be recognized and he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts* in 1849.
In 1850 he began working and studying with a well-known sculptor Jam (showing 500 of 1227 characters). |
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