Antoine Étex
Antoine Étex (born March 20, 1808 in Paris , † July 14, 1888 in Chaville , Hauts-de-Seine ) was a French sculptor , painter , architect and writer .
Life
Étex was a student of Louis Dupaty , James Pradier , Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Félix Duban . In 1829 he received second prize and a two-year travel grant to Italy for his “ Dying Hyacinth ”.
He toured Italy, Algeria, Corsica, Spain, Germany and England. The colossal group Caïn et sa race maudits de Dieu (Salon 1833) was so acclaimed that the Minister Adolphe Thiers entrusted him with the execution of two high reliefs for the Arc de Triomphe : “The resistance of the French people against the Allies in 1814” and “Peace from 1815 ”.
In the Salon of 1841, his tomb Géricaults earned him the Cross of the Legion of Honor . His main works are: "Hero and Leander"; "Blanka of Castile"; "Charlemagne"; "St. Augustine"; “Die Schiffwüchigen”, marble group (1867); "Saint Benedict, rolling on thorns"; "Hercules"; Monument by Ingres for Montauban.
He also supplied numerous portrait medallions and busts. As a painter he cultivated the portrait and history painting in oil , as watercolor and pastel . As an architect, he made several grave monuments.
Works
- Essai sur le beau (Paris 1851)
- Cours élémentaires de dessin (3rd edition 1859)
- J. Pradler, étude sur sa vie, etc. (1859)
- Ary Scheffer (1859)
- Beaux-Arts. Dix leçons sur le dessin appliqué aux arts
Web links
- Etex . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 5, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 879.
- Bust of Leon Pelet by Étex
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Étex, Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor, painter, architect and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1888 |
| Place of death | Chaville |