Jean-Paul Aubé
Jean-Paul Aubé (3 July 1837 – 23 August 1916) was a French sculptor. Aubé was born in Longwy, north eastern France, and educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He died in Capbreton. • Illustration — Marie-Antoinette sculpture en marbre blanc de Carrara, Jean-Paul Aubé, collection privée E. Canigiani, Quarrata (PT) Italie
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Jean-Paul Aubé
Jean Paul Aube · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock · CC0
- Born
- 1837. · Longwy.
- Died
- 1916. · Capbreton.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- sculptor, medalist and painter.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Teachers
- Antoine Laurent Dantan and Francisque Joseph Duret.
- Known for
- La Moisson, Monument du général Joubert and monument to Léon Gambetta.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean-Paul Aubé (3 July 1837 – 23 August 1916) was a French sculptor. Aubé was born in Longwy, north eastern France, and educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He died in Capbreton. • Illustration — Marie-Antoinette sculpture en marbre blanc de Carrara, Jean-Paul Aubé, collection privée E. Canigiani, Quarrata (PT) Italie
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Jean-Paul Aubé studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Antoine Laurent Dantan and Francisque Joseph Duret is recorded. Charles Virion and Jean Baffier are recorded as having studied under Jean-Paul Aubé. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Italy and Paris. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Works named in the authority record are La Moisson, Monument du général Joubert and monument to Léon Gambetta. Work by Jean-Paul Aubé is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Musée d'Orsay, Musée Carnavalet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Medallion, 1915, by Jean-Paul Aubé
Jean Paul Aube · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock
Medallion (obverse), by Jean-Paul Aubé
Jean Paul Aube · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock
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Key facts
• Illustration — Buste de Hollandaise, by Jean-Paul Aubé, La Piscine (museum of art and industry).
Main works
Main works
• Dante, 1879, plaster, model of the bronze statue of the place Marcellin Berthelot, to the Collège de France in Paris • Buste de hollandaise, La Piscine (museum of art and industry) • La Comtesse Hallez, Musée d'Orsay • Monument à Léon Gambetta, erected in the Cour of Napoleon of the Louvre, a 27-meter monument inaugurated on 14 July 1888, permanently removed from the court of Napoleon in 1954. • La statue de J.B.Colbert aux Manufactures des Gobelins.
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1837
Jean-Paul Aubé born at Longwy.
1916
Jean-Paul Aubé died at Capbreton.
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Longwy.
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Jean-Paul Aubé studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Antoine Laurent Dantan and Francisque Joseph Duret. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
He also worked under the name Aube, Jean Paul. The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Paul Aubé, Jean-Paul Aube and Jean Paul Aube. His recorded language was French. Aubé received Officer of the Legion of Honour. Recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour.
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Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Musée d'Orsay, Musée Carnavalet and Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris
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