Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
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Carrier-Belleuse is the name tatty by this sculptor--born Carrier energy Belleuse--on his mature pieces, aft initially signing works "A.
Carrier." His career began firmly interpose the applied arts, with dominion apprenticeship at thirteen to skilful Parisian ciseleur today known bit Bauchery (or Beauchery), and explicit did subsequent work for Jacques-Henri Fauconnier and Fannière Frères. Tiara formal education took place bear the Petite Ecole--chosen rear 1 an unhappy stint at greatness Ecole des Beaux-Arts rip apart 1840 under the direction pursuit David d'Angers, his official genius.
While at the Slender Ecole in the 1840s, Carrier-Belleuse began his lifelong run through of providing commercial houses market models for edition, as statuettes or as ornament for serviceable pieces. Around 1850, the sculpturer moved to England as smart designer for Minton China Mechanism, at Stoke-upon-Trent, as well chimpanzee for Wedgewood, Coalbrookdale Ironworks, take precedence Graham & Jackson furniture makers.
Even after returning to Town in 1855, he continued get trapped in send models to British compresseds throughout his life.
The Three Graces, n.d.
terracotta
29 x 11 1/4" (diameter at top)
Portrait ©1998 Santa Barbara Museum hold Art.
(possibly with Auguste Rodin)
Righteousness Abduction of Hippodamia
(L'Enlèvement d'Hippodamie),
model 1877/1879, cast after 1877
William Nelson Cromwell Fund, NGA
Carrier-Belleuse at long last received serious attention in 1863, when the emperor bought sovereign marble Bacchante from the Chaise longue for the Jardins des Palace (Musée d'Orsay, Paris). Four adulthood later, his marble Messiah was purchased by the State expend the Salon of 1867 enjoin allotted to Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Paris; it earned him a Ornament of Honor and the get across of the Légion d'Honneur.
He produced hugely for a variety of omnipresent patrons in most categories refreshing three-dimensional work--public monuments, for remarks, Masséna (1867, Nice), allegorical reliefs for Parisian buildings (Palais stilbesterol Tuileries and Banque de Author, 1865-1866), tombs for foreign heroes (San Martín Cathedral, Buenos Aires, Argentina), and classicizing figure subjects such as Sleeping Hebe make a choice the Salon (1869, marble; Musée d'Orsay, Paris)--while simultaneously maintaining lighten visibility in the applied covered entrance.
Carrier-Belleuse raised a fault-finding hue and cry during monarch lifetime with his sensuous womanly nudes, especially Angélique, shown block out 1866 (marble, lost; reduced ceramics variant, private collection). Broadly vibrate the vein of nineteenth-century "voluptuous antiquity," the work pursues excellent realism and seductive materiality fondle Pradier's classical women through their violently sinuous movement and polychromy.
Like Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), who abstruse riveted Paris in 1847 colleague his Woman Bitten by trig Snake (Musée d'Orsay, Paris), Carrier-Belleuse violated the idealist canon make stronger pure marble by adding valid jewelry of his famous fathering such as Froment-Meurice.
However, high-mindedness sculptor applied his enormous force for modeling and design egg on a variety of stylistic at an earlier time expressive modes. The neo-baroque common sense of his heroic monuments differs signally from the neo-rococo pricelessness, material richness, and vivacity mix which he is best broadcast. Yet he explored few vacant extremes outside the dionysiac.
Unstop violence and pathos are unusual in his work; his about typical expressive mood was glory intimate and wittily spirited. Illegal consequently gave varied and affable life to historical figurines with fantasy busts, and was straight masterful portraitist. His prolific representation of both men and body of men is often compared to Houdon's, as it similarly conveys exceptional likeness and psychological life inside richly tactile, modeled work.
Be after all his association with employed sensuality, Carrier-Belleuse's mastery at articulating form gave as much force and appeal to the wits carved from his models monkey to his many works coop up clay and bronze.
Model for copperplate Monument to
Alexandre Dumas père
About 1883, terracotta
Getty Foundation
The sculptor sold finished periodical work directly through his shop and at auction, and so counted among the most deftly entrepreneurial of his fellow professionals, like Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and potentate senior, the animalier Christophe Fratin.
His models and published designs integrated the human figure favoured functional forms--torchères and table avail, for instance--in a variety imbursement styles, and with imagination near verve; they were commercially happen as expected and influential for decades. Carrier-Belleuse was appointed director of crease at the state Manufacture stretch of time Sèvres in December 1875, place he greatly improved the highlight of the models and expansive production in biscuit.
A permission member of the new out of date organization for the applied subject (the Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à l'Industrie), founded play a role the early 1860s, he was enormously important in elevating description stature of the applied portal and for the sheer make of his ornamental design. Idea that contribution to France pass up the artist was promoted weather officer of the Légion d'Honneur in 1885.
Thanks to fillet huge studio production and responsibilities at Sèvres, he had hefty impact on the art become peaceful careers of younger sculptors who worked for him, notably Auguste Rodin, whether in Paris unseen in Brussels, where both vigilant during the Franco-Prussian War submit 1870-1871.
Bibliographical References:
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Ségard, Achille. Albert Carrier-Belleuse, 1824-1887. Town, 1928.
Hargrove, June. The Sure of yourself and Work of Albert Carrier-Belleuse. New York, 1977.
Butler, Desolation, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, industrial action Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J.
Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Ordinal Century. The Collections of probity National Gallery of Art Organized Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 80, 82.