Biography from a third party submitted on 11/13/2006:
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Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse trained as a goldsmith, then entered Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1840 under Pierre-Jean David d’Angers. He went to Petite Ecole to study, worked in London from 1850 to 1855, designing ceramics and metalwork models . In 1857, he exhibited sculptures at the Salon, received medals and important commissions. 1851 to 1870, Emperor Napoleon III hired him to work on the rebuilding of Paris.
Styles: naturalism, Realism, neo-Baroque, and Rococo. He instructed Auguste Rodin. |
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