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 Aristide Maillol was born in Banyuls, France in 1861. Maillol's
early career was spent mainly as a tapestry designer, but he also
painted. Although he first made sculpture in 1895, it was only in
1900 that he decided to devote himself to it after serious eyestrain
made him give up tapestry. After about 1910, he was
internationally famous and received a constant flow of
commissions. With only a few exceptions he restricted himself in
his sculpture to the female nude. He took up painting again in
1939 when he returned to his birthplace, Banyuls, but apart from his
sculpture the most important works of his maturity are his book
illustrations, which helped reestablish the art of the book in the
1920s and 1930s.
His finest achievements in this field are the woodcut illustrations,
which he cut himself, which show superb economy of line. He also
made lithographic illustrations.
In 1934 Maillol met fifteen
year old Dina Vierny. She was still in high school, and he was
seventy-three; she strongly resembled his sculptures and she began
posing for him. At first she posed for just a head and within a year
she advanced to posing nude. She became his muse, and after his
son Lucien's death the executor of his estate.
Maillol died in 1944.
Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Sources include:
The Oxford Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press 1988 edited by Jan Chivers, Harold Osborne and consulting editor, Dennis Farr
"Keeper of the Flame" by Franke de Looper in Art & Antiques Magazine, September 2001
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 Aristide Maillol was a student at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1882, and joined the Nabis group in 1894. He maintained a tapestry workshop at Banyuls-sur-Mer from 1893 to 1900.
His sculptures were primarily female nudes, including la Mediterranee, which was exhibited in the Salon d'Automne of 1905. Later in his life, Maillol also executed woodcut illustrations for books, as well as sculptural monuments and war memorials.
Source:
Heritage Auctions
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