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Georges Charles Coudray BIOGRAPHY
1863 - c.1932. Known for: Sculpture, female figures of oriental inspiration.
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Born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, Marie Georges Charles began his training as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1884 under the supervision of Alexandre Falguière and later... Read full biography
Born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, Marie Georges Charles began his training as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1884 under the supervision of Alexandre Falguière and later Gabriel Jules Thomas. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1883 to 1890 and then sporadically... Read full biography
Born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, Marie Georges Charles began his training as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1884 under the supervision of Alexandre Falguière and later Gabriel Jules Thomas. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1883 to 1890 and then sporadically until 1903. Among his most characteristic works are "Aquila" (bronze, 1892), "Les Nénuphars" (terracotta bust, 1899) and, of course, his most famous work, "Tahoser," a model of a young Egyptian harpist... Read full biography
Born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, Marie Georges Charles began his training as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1884 under the supervision of Alexandre Falguière and later Gabriel Jules Thomas. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1883 to 1890 and then sporadically until 1903. Among his most characteristic works are "Aquila" (bronze, 1892), "Les Nénuphars" (terracotta bust, 1899) and, of course, his most famous work, "Tahoser," a model of a young Egyptian harpist inspired by Théophile Gautier's Roman de la Momie (plaster cast presented at the 1892 Salon). Coudray is also known as an orientalist.... Read full biography
Born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, Marie Georges Charles began his training as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1884 under the supervision of Alexandre Falguière and later Gabriel Jules Thomas. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1883 to 1890 and then sporadically until 1903. Among his most characteristic works are "Aquila" (bronze, 1892), "Les Nénuphars" (terracotta bust, 1899) and, of course, his most famous work, "Tahoser," a model of a young Egyptian harpist inspired by Théophile Gautier's Roman de la Momie (plaster cast presented at the 1892 Salon). Coudray is also known as an orientalist.... Read full biography
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Born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, Marie Georges Charles began his training as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1884 under the supervision of Alexandre Falguière and later Gabriel Jules Thomas.
He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1883 to 1890 and then sporadically until 1903. Among his most characteristic works are "Aquila" (bronze, 1892), "Les Nénuphars" (terracotta bust, 1899) and, of course, his most famous work, "Tahoser," a model of a young Egyptian harpist inspired by Théophile Gautier's Roman de la Momie (plaster cast presented at the 1892 Salon). Coudray is also known as an orientalist. ...But wait, there's more...
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