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  1. 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.

  2. 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".

    Name
    Location
    Date
    Notes
    Bust of Daniel Auber
    Opéra de Paris
    1847
    The whereabouts of the marble bust of ...
    "L’Industrie"
    1851
    Outside this building, named after its ...
    "A horsed Amazon"
    1840-1841
    An equestrian statue made from cast iron ...
    "L'lnstruction publique", "La Liberté" ...
    Paris, Assemblée nationale (Chambre des ...
    1832 and 1938
    On the front of the Palais Bourbon, now ...
  3. 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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  5. 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
  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. James Pradier Also known as James Pradier primary name: Pradier, James other name: Pradier, Jean ...

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