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Title: La Poésie Légère. Artist: James Pradier (French, 1790–1852) Founder: Cast by Delafontaine Foundry. Date: mid-19th century. Culture: French. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 14 3/16 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (36 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm) Classification: Sculpture-Bronze. Credit Line: Gift of David and Constance Yates, in memory of ...
James Pradier. A Swiss-born French sculptor, James Pradier (1790–1852) – was best known for his neoclassical style work. Pradier was born in Geneva, but left in 1807 to go and work with his brother Charles-Simon, an engraver, in Paris. He became successful studying under Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in Paris and winning a ‘Prix de Rome ...
Pradier was born in 1790 in Geneva to a family of horologists, like his celebrated namesake Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). He apprenticed as a watchcase engraver and then trained at Geneva's Ecole de Dessin before joining his elder brother, engraver Charles-Simon Pradier, in Paris around 1807-1808. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and ...
After James Pradier (1790-1852) Louise Colet as Sappho, late 19th century, a bronze of a female seated on a stool, in classical robe with lyre, signed J. Pradier, with Susse Freres with foundry mark, 29cm wide Condition Report: No plinth, Lyre needs tightening. Felt pads to the base. Patination with some wear to arms and shoulders.
Jahrhundert > Jean-Jacques (genannt James) Pradier (1790-1852) Dieser französische Bildhauer wurde in Genf in einer protestantischen Familie geboren, die nach der Aufhebung des Edikts von Nantes Zuflucht in der Schweiz gefunden hatte. Er wird in Frankreich eine durch die Aufträge vom Hof beflügelte Karriere machen.
James Pradier (1790-1852) et la sculpture française de la génération romantique. Catalogue raisonné. Zürich/Lausanne: Swiss Institute for Art Research; Milan: 5 Continents Edition, 2010. Cost: CHF 140. (ca. $120.) Charles Baudelaire blamed him for the "pitiable state of sculpture today" and alleged that "his talent is cold and academic ...
