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Satyr and Bacchante

James Pradier
Circa 1833
James Pradier
Nom de naissance
Jean-Jacques, dit James Pradier
Naissance
Genève, 1790
Décés
Bougival, 1852

 A sculptor of Swiss origin, Pradier was spotted by Vivant Denon (1747-1825), who sent him to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1813, he won the the Grand Prix de Rome and so went to Italy, where he spent six years copying the artists of Antiquity. When he returned to Paris, he enjoyed great notoriety and received musicians, poets and writers in his workshop. Pradier reinvented Antiquity, injecting it with a blooming, sometimes provocative sensuality, far removed from the artistic ideals championed by the neo-classicists.

Satyr and Bacchante
Nom de naissance
Jean-Jacques, dit James Pradier
Naissance
Genève, 1790
Décés
Bougival, 1852

 A sculptor of Swiss origin, Pradier was spotted by Vivant Denon (1747-1825), who sent him to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1813, he won the the Grand Prix de Rome and so went to Italy, where he spent six years copying the artists of Antiquity. When he returned to Paris, he enjoyed great notoriety and received musicians, poets and writers in his workshop. Pradier reinvented Antiquity, injecting it with a blooming, sometimes provocative sensuality, far removed from the artistic ideals championed by the neo-classicists.

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