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James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, pronounced; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. Life and work [ edit ] Jean-Baptiste Marie Fouque , Portrait of Pradier, 1848.
1822. Pradier executed a plaster statue of St Peter for this Paris church but it appears to have disappeared. [1] [2] "Le martyre de Saint André". Église Saint Roch. Paris. 1823. This work celebrating the martyrdom of Saint André ( St Andrew) is located on the left hand side of the church's transept [3] [4] "La Vierge en prière".
NameLocationDateNotesBust of Daniel AuberOpéra de Paris1847The whereabouts of the marble bust of ..."L’Industrie"1851Outside this building, named after its ..."A horsed Amazon"1840-1841An equestrian statue made from cast iron ..."L'lnstruction publique", "La Liberté" ...Paris, Assemblée nationale (Chambre des ...1832 and 1938On the front of the Palais Bourbon, now ...PRADIER, JAMES (1792-1852), French sculptor, was born at Geneva. He was a member of the French Academy, and a popular sculptor of the pre-Romantic period, representing in France the drawing-room classicism which Canova illustrated at Rome. Pradier left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, an engraver. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814 to 1818. He ...
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James Pradier (1790-1852) et la sculpture française de la génération romantique. Catalogue raisonné. Zürich/Lausanne: Swiss Institute for Art Research; Milan: 5 Continents Edition, 2010. Cost: CHF 140. (ca. $120.) Charles Baudelaire blamed him for the "pitiable state of sculpture today" and alleged that "his talent is cold and academic ...
- Marc Fehlmann
- 2010
Odalisque. James Pradier 1841. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. LYON, France. The woman’s face and the movement of her body invite a gradual discovery of her nudity. Seated on drapery on the floor, she seems to have been surprised during a private moment. The rose-decorated turban covering her hair, and her ostrich-feather fan, evoke the image ...
James Pradier (French, 1790–1852) mid-19th century. Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor. Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris) modeled 1849, cast ca ...
James Pradier Also known as James Pradier primary name: Pradier, James other name: Pradier, Jean ...