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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: 1827–1875
Other names (6)
Carpeaux, Ernest Blagny, j. b. carpeaux, Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, jean pierre carpeaux, Jules Carpeaux
Biography
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist kaʁpo]; 11 May 1827 – 12 October 1875) was a French sculptor and painter during the Second Empire under Napoleon III.
Born in Valenciennes, Nord, son of a mason, his early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1844 and won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition.
Carpeaux debuted at the Salon of 1853 exhibiting La Soumission d'Abd-el-Kader al'Empereur, a bas-relief in plaster that did not attract much attention. Carpeaux was an admirer of Napoléon III and followed him from city to city during Napoléon's official trip through the north of France.
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Later influence
- Auguste Rodineditorial inference
Evidence
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Valenciennes38 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris13 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon8 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art8 recorded works
- Musée d’Orsay7 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago5 recorded works
- musée national du château de Compiègne — Compiègne4 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)4 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art4 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes2 recorded works
- Detroit Institute of Arts1 recorded work
- maison de Victor Hugo — Paris1 recorded work
- musée Crozatier — Le Puy-en-Velay1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts Denys Puech — Rodez1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts Jules Chéret — Nice1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Pau1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Tours1 recorded work
- musée Fabre — Montpellier1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Art1 recorded work
- Palais-musée des Archevêques de Narbonne — Narbonne1 recorded work