François Rude

François Rude, painted by his wife Sophie (1842)

Bust of Jean-François de La Pérouse by François Rude

Burial site, Cimetière du Montparnasse, October 2, 2019

François Rude (born January 4, 1784 in Dijon , † November 3, 1855 in Paris ) was a French sculptor .

Life

François Rude first learned the trade of blacksmith from his father , trained at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and Pierre Cartellier from 1807 , worked in Brussels from 1815 to 1827 with decorative work for royal castles and then moved there Paris, where his artistic activity only began to flourish. Two busts of the painter Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) and a draft for a statue by Michel Ney (1769–1815) and a bust by Gaspard Monge (1746–1818) are some of his works.

Rude's wife was the painter Sophie Rude (née Frémiet; 1797–1867). Their cousin Emmanuel Frémiet was temporarily employed by Rude as an apprentice. The sculptors Paul Gayrard and Auguste Poitevin also enjoyed part of their training in Rude's workshop.

His grave is on the Cimetière du Montparnasse , Section 1, in Paris.

Works

Rude's main works, in which the ancient tradition is already permeated by modern naturalism , are:

• Mercury fastening the wing shoe (1827)
• Neapolitan Fisher Boy (1831)
• The departure of the volunteers in 1792 (1833, relief on the Triumphal Arch in Paris, distinguished by the passionate movement of the groups)
• Louis XIII as a boy (1842)
• Grave figure of G. Cavaignac (1847, on Montmartre in Paris)
• Christ on the Cross (1852, in the Louvre)
• Maid of Orleans (1852)
• The resurrection of Napoleon
• Monument to Michel Ney in Paris

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 138.

Web links

Commons : François Rude  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Some of his works that are in the Louvre :

• Lift bronze H.: 0.51 m. ; L.: 0.25 m. ; Pr.: 0.27 m.
• Jeanne d'Arc écoutant ses voix 1852 Marbre H.: 2.27 m. ; L.: 0.98 m. ; Pr .: 0.79 m.
• La Bonté Modèle en plâtre pour le tombeau du sculpteur Cartellier H.: 0.85 m. ; L.: 0.37 m. ; Pr .: 0.12 m.
• La Paix Esquisse en plâtre pour un groupe non exécuté par Rude pour l'arc de l'Étoile H.: 0.74 m. ; . : 0.31 m. ; Pr .: 0.12 m.
• Le Baptême du Christ vers 1838 Cire, esquisse pour le groupe en marbre de l'église de la Madeleine H. : 0.27 m. ; L.: 0.23 m. ; P.: 0.15 m.
• Le Départ des volontaires Esquisse en plâtre, première pensée pour La MarseillaiseH. : 0.76 m. ; L.: 0.32 m. ; Pr .: 0.11 m.
• Lutteur déposant son ceste Marbre, copie du plâtre, 1828 H.: 0.41 m. ; L.: 0.46 m. ; Pr.: 0.24 m.
• Mercure rattachant ses talonnières statuette in bronze H.: 1.09 m. ; L .: 0.58 m. ; Pr.: 0.41 m.
• napolitain jouant avec une tortue Marbre, Salon de 1833 Modèle en plâtre au Salon de 1831 H.: 0.82 m. ; L.: 0.88 m. ; Pr.: 0.48 m.
• Tête de la Marseillaise Modèle en plâtre provenant de l'atelier de Rude H.: 0.41 m. ; L.: 0.29 m. ; Pr.: 0.29 m.
• Thésée recueillant les armes de son père Daté de 1806 Bronze H.: 0.29 m. ; L.: 0.32 m. ; Pr .: 0.12 m.
• Mercure rattachant ses talonnières Bronze fondu par Soyer et Ingé en 1834 H.: 2.50 m. ; L.: 0.52 m. ; Pr.: 0.90 m.

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