Abel Dimier
Illustration — Le Tireur d'épines Abel Dimier (14 September 1794 – 15 November 1864) was a French sculptor. Dimier was born in Paris and was a pupil of Cartelli. He won the Prix de Rome in 1819 with a bas-relief in plaster named Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, which can be seen at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Abel Dimier
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- Born
- Abel Dimier was born on 14 September 1794. · Paris.
- Died
- Abel Dimier died on 15 November 1864. · Paris.
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- France
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- sculptor
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- French Academy in Rome
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- Prix de Rome
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- French
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Illustration — Le Tireur d'épines Abel Dimier (14 September 1794 – 15 November 1864) was a French sculptor. Dimier was born in Paris and was a pupil of Cartelli. He won the Prix de Rome in 1819 with a bas-relief in plaster named Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, which can be seen at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
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From 1820 to 1824, he lived at the French Academy in Rome, alongside many sculptors, including Auguste Dumont, Francisque Joseph Duret, Georges Jacquot, Joseph Philippe Lemaire, Étienne-Jules Ramey, and Bernard Gabriel Seurre.
• Enée blessé, gueri par Vénus, bas-relief, 1819, Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts • Le Tireur d'épines, statue, marble, Lyon, musée des beaux-arts, 1829
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Dimier, Abel, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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