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1841 Paris, France - 1905. Known for: Beaux-Arts sculpture, public monuments.
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 - 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts* school. He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his... Read full biography
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 - 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts* school. He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter. Louis-Ernest also started out as a painter,... Read full biography
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 - 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts* school. He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter. Louis-Ernest also started out as a painter, studying under Léon Cogniet, but later took up sculpture with Pierre-Jules Cavelier as teacher. In 1858 he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris, where his teacher was François Jouffroy. In... Read full biography
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 - 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts* school. He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter. Louis-Ernest also started out as a painter, studying under Léon Cogniet, but later took up sculpture with Pierre-Jules Cavelier as teacher. In 1858 he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris, where his teacher was François Jouffroy. In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome* for study at the French Academy in Rome. Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist style indebted... Read full biography
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 - 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts* school. He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter. Louis-Ernest also started out as a painter, studying under Léon Cogniet, but later took up sculpture with Pierre-Jules Cavelier as teacher. In 1858 he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris, where his teacher was François Jouffroy. In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome* for study at the French Academy in Rome. Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist style indebted to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1878 he was made a knight of the Legion of Honour, an officer in 1881, and a command... Read full biography
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Louis Ernest Barrias Auction: 11/04/2011Lot: 77Subscribe or get free alerts
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