Jean Didier Debut
Jean Didier Début (born June 4, 1824 in Moulins , † April 5, 1893 in Paris ) was a French sculptor.
Life
Début studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris . He was a student of Pierre Jean David d'Angers . His subjects included mythological and Arabic themes, as groups, statues or busts.
He exhibited his work at the Paris Salon in 1848. In 1851 he received the Prix de Rome second class from the Académie des Beaux-Arts . His most significant works include Faun and Bacchantes , Danaide and a statue of Empress Eugénie , which was destroyed in 1871. In Paris he was involved in the decoration of the commercial court, the Paris Opera and the Hôtel de Ville .
His son Marcel Début (1865–1933) was his student and also became a sculptor.
Works (selection)
La Passion from 1875, Palais Garnier Paris.
- Le porteur d'eau tunisien
- Il ratto d'Europa
- Fanatic
- Retour de pêche
- Janissaire
- Vercingétorix
- Nimrod
- Marguerite de Fausto
- Le Bard
- Enfant berger
- La Moisson
- Orientalist
- Le jeune vendeur d'oranges
- Janissaire nettoyant son fusil
- Cupid
- Buste d'un homme de qualité , 1880
- Amour mendiant
- Jeune Bouvier Sonnant de la trompe
literature
- Début, Jean Didier . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 25, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22765-5 , p. 86.
- Harold Berman: Bronzes; Sculptors & Founders, 1800-1930 . Volume 2, Abage, 1976, pp. 387, 389, 466.
- Anne Pingeot et al .: La Sculpture Française au XIXe Siècle . Paris 1986, p. 416.
Web links
- Jean Didier Début (French, 1824-1893). In: artnet , with pictures of Début's work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tunisian water carrier. Around 1900, bronze, Jean Didier Début. In: ZDF , Bares für Rares , objects from November 28, 2018.
- ^ Debut, Jean Didier . In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
- ↑ Didier Debut. In: RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Début, Jean Didier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moulins |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1893 |
| Place of death | Paris |