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MICHEL, CLAUDE

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MICHEL, See also:CLAUDE , known as CLODION (1738-1814), See also:French sculptor, was See also:born on the loth of See also:December 1738 in See also:Nancy. Here and probably in See also:Lille he spent the earlier years of his See also:life. In 1755 he came to See also:Paris and entered the workshop of See also:Lambert Sigisbert See also:Adam, his maternal See also:uncle, a See also:clever sculptor. He remained four years in this workshop, and on the See also:death of his uncle became a See also:pupil of J. B. See also:Pigalle. In 1759 he obtained the See also:grand See also:prize for See also:sculpture at the See also:Academic Royale; in 1761 he obtained the first See also:silver See also:medal for studies from See also:models; and in 1762 he went to See also:Rome. Here his activity was considerable between 1767 and 1771. See also:Catherine II. was eager to secure his presence in St See also:Petersburg, but he returned to Paris. Among his patrons, which were very numerous, were the See also:chapter of See also:Rouen, the states of See also:Languedoc, and the Direction generale. His See also:works were frequently exhibited at the See also:Salon. In 1782 he married Catherine Flore, a daughter of the sculptor Augustin See also:Pajou, who subsequently obtained a See also:divorce from him.

The agitation caused by the Revolution drove Clodion in 1792 to Nancy, where he remained until 1798, his energies being spent in the decoration of houses. Among Clodion's works are a statue of See also:

Montesquieu, a " Dying See also:Cleopatra," and a See also:chimney-piece at See also:present in the See also:South See also:Kensington Museum. One of his last See also:groups represented See also:Homer as a See also:beggar being driven away by fishermen (181o). On the 29th of See also:March 1814 Clodion died in Paris, on the See also:eve of the invasion of Paris by the See also:allies. Thirion's See also:Les Adam et Clodion (Paris, 1885) contains a See also:list of the sculptor's works sold between 1767 and 1884. See also A. Jacquot, Les Adam et les Michel et Clodion (Paris, 1898).

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