Alexandre Falguière
Alexandre Falguière (1831–1900) was a French sculptor, painter and artist.
Also recorded as Alexandre Falguiere; Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière; Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere; Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière; Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguiere; Falguiere.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière.
Also worked under the name Falguiere, Jean-Alexandre-Joseph.
Born at Toulouse in 1831, died at 6th arrondissement of Paris in 1900.
In detail
Alexandre Falguière studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. training under Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and François Jouffroy is recorded. Julien Lorieux, Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud and Alexandre Laporte are recorded as having studied under Alexandre Falguière. the recorded working language is French.
The authority associates the name with French Realism.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Membership is recorded of Académie des beaux-arts.
Works named in the authority record are Bacchantes, Éventail et Poignard, Lutteurs, La Sasson, Fontaine Jean-Baptiste and Fontaine-réservoir Sainte-Marie.
Work by Alexandre Falguière is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Nationalmuseum, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Musée d'Orsay.
Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Commander of the Legion of Honour.
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