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DALOU, JULES (1838-1902)

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DALOU, JULES (1838-1902)

DALOU, JULES (1838-1902) , See also:

French sculptor, was the See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

CARPEAUX, JEAN BAPTISTE (1827-1875)

Carpeaux and Duret, and combined the vivacity and richness of the one with the See also:

ACADEMIC

academic purity and scholarship of the other. He is one of the most brilliant virtuosos of the French school, admirable alike in See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution and arrangement. He first exhibited at the See also:

SALON

Salon in 1867, but when in 1871 the troubles of the See also:

Commune See also:

broke out in See also:

Paris, he took See also:

REFUGE

refuge in See also:

England, where he rapidly made a name through his See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment at See also:

South See also:

KENSINGTON

Kensington. Here he laid the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of that See also:

GREAT

great improvement which resulted in the development of the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

BRITISH

British school of See also:

sculpture, and at the same See also:

time executed a remarkable See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of terra-See also:

cotta statuettes and See also:

groups, such as " A French See also:

PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

Peasant Woman " (of which a See also:

BRONZE

bronze version under the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " Maternity " is erected outside the Royal See also:

EXCHANGE

Exchange), the See also:

GROUP

group of two See also:

BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne See also:

WOMEN

women called " The Reader " and " A Woman of Boulogne telling her Beads." He returned to See also:

France in 1879 and produced a number of masterpieces. His great See also:

RELIEF

relief of " See also:

Mirabeau replying to M. de See also:

DREUX

Dreux-See also:

BREZE

Breze," exhibited in 1883 and now at the Palais See also:

Bourbon, and the highly decorative See also:

PANEL (O. Fr. panel, mod. panneau, piece of cloth, from Med. Lat. pannellus, diminutive of pannus, cloth)

panel, " See also:

TRIUMPH (triumphus)

Triumph of the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic," were followed in 1885 by " The Procession of See also:

SILENUS

Silenus." For the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Paris he executed his most elaborate and splendid achievement, the vast See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, " The Triumph of the Republic," erected, after twenty years' See also:

WORK

work, in the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place de la Nation, showing a symbolical figure of the Republic, aloft on her See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car, See also:

DRAWN

drawn by lions led by See also:

LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty, attended by Labour and See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice, and followed by See also:

Peace. It is somewhat in the taste of the See also:

Louis XIV. See also:

period, ornate, but exquisite in every detail. Within a few days there was also inaugurated his great "Monument to Alphand" (1899), which almost equalled in the success achieved the monument to See also:

DELACROIX, FERDINAND VICTOR EUGENE (1798-1863)

Delacroix in the Luxembourg Gardens. Dalou, who gained the See also:

GRAND

Grand Prix of the See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

International See also:

EXHIBITION

exhibition of 1889, and was an officer of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour, was one of the founders of the New Salon (Societe Nationale See also:

DES

des See also:

BEAUX, CECILIA (1863– )

Beaux-Arts), and was the first See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the sculpture See also:

section. In See also:

PORTRAITURE

portraiture, whether statues or busts, his work is not less remarkable.

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