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Antoine Bourdelle ( October 30, 1861 - October 1, 1929) was a French sculptor and teacher.Born Émile Antoine Bourdelle at Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. He left school at the age of 13 to work as a wood carver in his father's cabinet making shop. He learned drawing with the founder of the Ingres Museum in Montauban, then sculpture at the art school in Toulouse. At the age of 24 he won a scholarship to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
In 1888 he did his first sculptures of Beethoven, producing authoritative work with an emphasis on order, the spirit of geometry, construction and invention. He became one of the pioneers of 20th century monumental sculpture. Auguste Rodin became a great admirer of his work and in 1893 Antoine Bourdelle joined Rodin as his assistant where he soon became a popular teacher, both there and at his own studio where many future prominient artists attended his classes, so that his influence on sculpture was considerable. Students came from around the world to study under Antoine Bourdelle such as:
- Thanassis Apartis , Greece
- Alberto Giacometti, Switzerland
- Angela Gregory , United States
- Otto Gutfreund , Czech Republic
- Bror Hjorth , Sweden
- Raoul Josset , France
- Emile Lahner , Hungary
- Aristide MaillolAristide Maillol (1861-1944), French Catalan sculptor and painter. Aristide Maillol was born on April 8, 1861, at Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France near the Mediterranean Sea. Maillol studied in Paris, under renowned teacher Antoine Bourdelle and at the, France
- Vadym Meller , Ukraine
- Bencho ObreshkovBencho Yordanov Obreshkov ( April 27, 1899, Karnobat April 8, 1970, Sofia) was a renowned Bulgarian painter. He graduated under P. Klissurov and I. Angelov from the Sofia Academy of Fine Arts in 1920. and specialized in painting under Prof. Kokoshka in Ac, Bulgaria
- Germaine Richier , France
- Maria Elena Vieira da Silva , Portugal
- Helen Wilson , United States
- Teodors Zalkalns , Latvia
During his last years, Bourdelle received several commissions for monuments. He was a founder and vice-president of the Paris Salon des Tuileries , and in 1924 became a commander of the Legion of HonorLegion of Honor or Legion of Honour can refer to: The Legion d'honneur, one of the highest decorations awarded by France The Palais de la Legion d'Honneur, a building in Paris constructed as a tribute to the members of the Legion d'honneur The California.
Antoine Bourdelle died at Le Vesinet , near Paris, on October 1, 1929 and was interred in the Cimetière du MontparnasseThe Cimetiere du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. It is in the 14eme arrondissement. Created from three farms in 1824, the Montparnasse cemetery was originally known as Le Cimetiere du Sud. Cemeteries had bee, Paris, France.
Today, at 18 rue Antoine Bourdelle, the Musée Antoine Bourdelle sits amidst brick houses in a small street between the Gare MontparnasseThe Gare Montparnasse is a train station located in the Montparnasse area, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The station is used for the trains to Brittany, and the TGV to Tours, Bordeaux. There is also a metro station. There is a high-speed tr and the offices of the famous French newspaper Le MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2002 of around 400,000. Founded by Hubert Beuve-Mery, it first appeared on November 19, 1944. Le Monde has been available on the Internet since December 19, 1995. The paper's title is Fren. The museum consists of Bourdelle's house, studio and garden where he worked from 1884 to 1929.
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