Antoine Laurent Dantan , nicknamed the Elder ( Fr. Antoine Laurent Dantan ; dit l'Aîné; December 8, 1798 , Saint-Cloud - May 25, 1878 , ibid.) - French academic sculptor ; the elder brother of the cartoonist Jean-Pierre Dantin .
| Antoine Laurent Dantan | |
|---|---|
| Antoine Laurent Dantan | |
| Date of Birth | December 8, 1798 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Cloud , France |
| Date of death | May 25, 1878 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Saint Cloud , France |
| A country | |
| Study | |
| Awards | Roman Prize ( 1828 ) |
Pupil of his father. Having received a large award from the Paris Academy of Arts in 1828 for the statue of the “Dying Hercules”, he improved in Rome for several years and, upon returning from there, made up his fame with numerous statues and portrait busts.
His son is the artist Edouard Joseph Dantan (1848-1897).
Content
Creativity
His main works:
- marble statue "The Young Bather" (1833);
- "Drunk Silenus " - a marble bas-relief, conceived and executed completely in the ancient spirit (1835);
- bronze statue of Admiral Abraham Duchenne for his monument in Dieppe (1844)
- Statue of the poet Francois de Malerbe for the city of Caen (1847).
The statues of his work adorn the church of St. Gervasia (Saint-Gervais) , Basilica of Saint Clotilde , Church of Saint Lawrence, Church of Saint-Germain-l'Oserua , Tower of St. Jacob , the Louvre and many other Parisian buildings.
Bust of General Senarmon , Versailles .
Bather playing with a dog. The Louvre .
Bust of the artist Madame Mirbel. Museum of Fine Arts, Amiens .
Bust of General Jacques Desjardins . Versailles .
See also
- French sculpture
Notes
- ↑ AGORHA
Literature
- Somov A.I. Dantan // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.