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Jean-Antoine Houdon

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Biography of Antoine Houdon
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The portrait busts by the French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) are among the greatest of all time. His restrained yet graceful figures are classical with traces of the rococo style. Jean Antoine Houdon was born on March 20, 1741, at...


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Jean-Antoine Houdon (March 20, 1741 – July 15, 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment. Houdon's subjects include Denis...


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Apollo
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment.
11/01/2003: 2,042 words, approx. 7 pages
The especially delicate state of Franco-American relations at the beginning of May this year supplied an extra historical dimension to the opening of this magnificent exhibition, for which the ground floor of the National Gallery of Art, at the heart of the nation's...
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The Magazine Antiques
Houdon. (Current and Coming).(Jean-Antoine Houdon, sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
05/01/2003: 667 words, approx. 2 pages
The French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon, who Thomas Jefferson thought was "unrivaled in Europe," is still considered to have been the finest sculptor in Europe during the Enlightenment. Yet until now there has not been an international exhibition devoted to this remarkable artist....
 


 

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