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Albert Bartholome BIOGRAPHY
1848 Thiverval-Grignon, France - 1928 Paris, France. Known for: Sculpture.
Juan Carlos Bejarano states in the MEAM catalogue, "Trained as a painter, on the death of his wife in 1886 and on the advice of his friend Degas, he turned self-taught to sculpture as a means of... Read full biography
Juan Carlos Bejarano states in the MEAM catalogue, "Trained as a painter, on the death of his wife in 1886 and on the advice of his friend Degas, he turned self-taught to sculpture as a means of overcoming this loss. This determined the melancholic character of his work, in which his Monument to... Read full biography
Juan Carlos Bejarano states in the MEAM catalogue, "Trained as a painter, on the death of his wife in 1886 and on the advice of his friend Degas, he turned self-taught to sculpture as a means of overcoming this loss. This determined the melancholic character of his work, in which his Monument to the Dead in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, on which he worked for six years, stands out. Inaugurated in 1899, it is immediately comparable to the work we are now bidding for. It is characterised... Read full biography
Juan Carlos Bejarano states in the MEAM catalogue, "Trained as a painter, on the death of his wife in 1886 and on the advice of his friend Degas, he turned self-taught to sculpture as a means of overcoming this loss. This determined the melancholic character of his work, in which his Monument to the Dead in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, on which he worked for six years, stands out. Inaugurated in 1899, it is immediately comparable to the work we are now bidding for. It is characterised by its emotive, refined forms, which reveal the influence of his friend Puvis de Chavannes. His Girl Crying, inspired by Rondin's Dadaine, is also important.
Juan Carlos Bejarano states in the MEAM catalogue, "Trained as a painter, on the death of his wife in 1886 and on the advice of his friend Degas, he turned self-taught to sculpture as a means of overcoming this loss. This determined the melancholic character of his work, in which his Monument to the Dead in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, on which he worked for six years, stands out. Inaugurated in 1899, it is immediately comparable to the work we are now bidding for. It is characterised by its emotive, refined forms, which reveal the influence of his friend Puvis de Chavannes. His Girl Crying, inspired by Rondin's Dadaine, is also important.
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Juan Carlos Bejarano states in the MEAM catalogue, "Trained as a painter, on the death of his wife in 1886 and on the advice of his friend Degas, he turned self-taught to sculpture as a means of overcoming this loss. This determined the melancholic character of his work, in which his Monument to the Dead in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, on which he worked for six years, stands out. Inaugurated in 1899, it is immediately comparable to the work we are now bidding for.
It is characterised by its emotive, refined forms, which reveal the influence of his friend Puvis de Chavannes. His Girl Crying, inspired by Rondin's Dadaine, is also important.