Charles Dupaty
Louis-Marie-Charles-Henri Mercier Dupaty (29 September 1771, in Bordeaux – 12 November 1825, in Paris) was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of the writer and académicien Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, he was destined for the magistrature but preferred the arts. He studied in the atelier of François-Frédéric Lemot and obtained a Premier Grand Prix in sculpture, 1799, with his Pericles visiting Anaxagoras.
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- Name
- Charles Dupaty
- Born
- 29 September 1771
- Birthplace
- Bordeaux, France
- Died
- 12 November 1825
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Full name
- Louis-Marie-Charles-Henri Mercier Dupaty.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
- Teachers
- François-Frédéric Lemot.
- Known for
- Venus Genetrix.
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Louis-Marie-Charles-Henri Mercier Dupaty (29 September 1771, in Bordeaux – 12 November 1825, in Paris) was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of the writer and académicien Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, he was destined for the magistrature but preferred the arts. He studied in the atelier of François-Frédéric Lemot and obtained a Premier Grand Prix in sculpture, 1799, with his Pericles visiting Anaxagoras.
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Charles Dupaty (1771–1825) was a French sculptor. Born Louis-Marie-Charles-Henri Mercier Dupaty in Bordeaux, the sculptor died in Paris.
Charles Dupaty studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The sculptor worked for Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a member of Académie des beaux-arts. Charles Dupaty worked in Italy and Paris.
Works include Venus Genetrix. Genres include portrait. Languages used include French. Works by the sculptor are held at Musée de l'Armée. Charles Dupaty received Officer of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.
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On his return from the French Academy in Rome he was named to the Institut de France, in 1816, then appointed a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts.
Charles Dupaty studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under François-Frédéric Lemot is recorded. Pierre-Charles Simart and Augustin Cavasse are recorded as having studied under Charles Dupaty. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Italy. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Works named in the authority record are Venus Genetrix. Work by Charles Dupaty is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Armée. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Self portrait charcoal 36 x 28 cm signed b.r.: C. Dupaty dated b.l.: 1808
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Key facts
• Name — Charles Dupaty • Born — 29 September 1771 • Birthplace — Bordeaux, France • Died — 12 November 1825 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Sculptor • Relatives — Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty (brother)
Works
Works
• Portrait of Gen. Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc, (Salon of 1812), marble, standing figure over lifesize (Versailles); • Venus Genetrix (1810), marble Jardin des Plantes, Paris; • completed Antoine-Denis Chaudet's Infant Oedipus and Phorbas (1799), shown at the Salon of 1801, after Chaudet's death, in cooperation with Pierre Cartellier; • Venus before Paris (1822), marble, over lifesize figure, Versailles • Cadmus and the Dragon • Dying Biblis changed into a Spring (1819), marble, Musée du Louvre • Ajax defying the Gods • Model for the equestrian monument to Louis XIII (1816), completed by Jean-Pierre Cortot for Place des Vosges and installed in 1825. • Portrait bust of Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc, (1820), Dahesh Museum of Art.
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — Vénus genitrix (1810), Jardin des Plantes de Paris. • Illustration — Philoctète blessé (1810), park at the Château de Compiègne. • Illustration — Equestrian statue of Louis XIII, Place des Vosges • Illustration — Oedipus nurtured by Phorbas
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1771
Charles Dupaty born at Bordeaux.
1810
Venus Genetrix is dated 1810.
1816
equestrian statue of Louis XIII is dated 1816.
1825
Charles Dupaty died at Paris.
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