Alexandre Falguière
Alexandre Falguière (born September 7, 1831 in Toulouse , † April 20, 1900 in Paris ) was a French painter and sculptor .
Life
Alexandre Falguière completed his artistic training in the studio of the sculptor François Jouffroy . He then settled in Paris as a freelance artist. During these years he also made friends a. with Olin Levi Warner and Marius Jean Mercie . In 1859 the Académie Française Faguière awarded the Prix de Rome .
At the age of 33, Falguière made his debut in the Paris Salon in 1864 with his character winner in cockfight . At the award ceremony, the great liveliness of the naturalistic representation was praised. Four years later, his portrayal of the stoned Christian martyr Tarcisius was awarded a medal of honor in the "Paris Salon 1864".
Falguière was influenced by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in his turn to naturalism . From around 1870 Falguière achieved his artistic breakthrough and owning one of his works was considered a status symbol in Paris . Also several public contracts u. a. for the Neue Oper (1869) and for the Théâtre français (1872) followed. For his hometown of Toulouse , Falguière created an allegorical representation of Switzerland in 1875, supporting a French guardsman, and for the city of Mâcon ( Saône-et-Loire ) a statue of Alphonse de Lamartine in 1878 .
In 1882 he was nominated as a teacher at the École des beaux-arts and elected as a member of the Académie des beaux-arts . Among his students are Falguière Antonin Mercié , Laurent Marqueste , Jakob August Heer , Gaston Schnegg , Camille Crenier , Achille Jacopin , Maurice Bouval and Jean-Marie Mengue , and the most famous of them would be Antoine Bourdelle . The American Frederick MacMonnies also studied with him for a while.
From 1873 onwards, Falguière devoted himself increasingly to painting; the focus was on portraits and landscapes. Here, Falguière was inspired by Jean Jacques Henner , who always tried to set accents with light and shadow.
In 1878 Falguière was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor . In 1896 there was a scandal when he created his sculpture Danseuse and it became known that the dancer Cléo de Mérode had modeled it. He created one of his last works in April 1899 with the monument by Honoré de Balzac , which the city of Paris erected on the avenue de Friedland on November 23, 1902 at the corner of rue Balzac and preferred a "monstrous" Balzac statue by Auguste Rodin .
Alexandre Falguière died in Paris on April 20, 1900 at the age of 68 and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery (Division 4).
Medal portrait
- 1885 one-sided high relief bronze hollow cast, 179 mm, medalist Jean Désiré Ringel d'Illzach (the medallion shows date of birth: VII SEPT.MDCCCX / XXII = 1832)
Works
- Winner in the cockfight
- Tarcisius
- Shape of the drama for the New Opera (1869)
- Pierre Corneille for the Théatre français (1872)
- Egyptian dancer (1873)
- General image of Switzerland, supporting a French guardsman
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1878)
- Diana (1882)
- Danseuse (1896)
literature
- Jules Claretie: Peintres et sculpteurs contemporains , Charpentier, Paris
- - Artistes décedées de 1870 à 1880 , 1882
- - Artistes vivants en janvier 1881 , 1884
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Falguière, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1900 |
| Place of death | Paris |