Master of Rieux
Illustration — Sculptures by the master of Rieux at the Musée des Augustins (Toulouse) - In the foreground, Jean Tissendier, bishop of Rieux The Master of Rieux was a French 14th century anonymous master sculptor based in Rieux-Volvestre, then an important cultural and spiritual centre. His style spread throughout Languedoc and as far as Catalonia thanks to its quality and stylistic originality. He is noted for his use of sculpture fully in the round, a mannerist and elegant style with hair, beards and folds of drapery demonstrate the sculptor's virtuosity.
Master of Rieux
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- 1350
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- sculptor
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Illustration — Sculptures by the master of Rieux at the Musée des Augustins (Toulouse) - In the foreground, Jean Tissendier, bishop of Rieux The Master of Rieux was a French 14th century anonymous master sculptor based in Rieux-Volvestre, then an important cultural and spiritual centre. His style spread throughout Languedoc and as far as Catalonia thanks to its quality and stylistic originality. He is noted for his use of sculpture fully in the round, a mannerist and elegant style with hair, beards and folds of drapery demonstrate the sculptor's virtuosity.
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Most of his surviving works come from the Notre-Dame de Rieux chapel in the Cordeliers (Franciscans) convent in Toulouse (destroyed in 1804) where he worked for Jean Tissendier, a Franciscan from Toulouse who was bishop of Rieux. Its sculptures are one of the most beautiful testimonies of Franciscan art and piety in the 14th century. His works can be seen in the musée des Augustins in Toulouse and the ceiling bosses of Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix. • Illustration — Bishop Jean Tissendier • Illustration — Bishop Jean Tissendier, detail • Illustration — Saint Paul • Illustration — Saint Paul, detail • Illustration — Saint Francis of Assisi • Illustration — Saint Francis of Assisi, detail • Illustration — Saint John the Evangelist • Illustration — Saint John the Evangelist, detail
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- 1.Hypothèse de B. Mundt, in Michèle Pradalier-Schlumberger, Toulouse et le Languedoc, la sculpture gothique
- 2.Michèle Pradalier-Schlumberger, Le Maître de Rieux et son influence en Navarre
- 3.Article Francesca Espanol Joan Avesta, sculpteur de Carcassonne. L'influence de l'atelier de Rieux sur la Catalogne Bulletin Monumental 1993 151 2 1993 url https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1993_num_151_2_3349 .
- 4.Der Statuenzyklus der Chapelle de Rieux und Seine Künstlerische Nachfolge : Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades. Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität. 1967.
- 5.Archéologia, novembre 2022, n°614,
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