Jean Pierre Dantan , nicknamed the Younger ( fr. Jean-Pierre Dantan ; dit le Jeune; December 28, 1800 , Paris , - September 6, 1869 , ibid.) - French sculptor- cartoonist; the younger brother of sculptor-academician Antoine Dantin .
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| Date of Birth | December 28, 1800 |
| Place of Birth | Paris , France |
| Date of death | September 6, 1869 (68 years old) |
| A place of death | Paris , France |
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A student at first his brother, and then the Paris Academy of Arts and Bosio . His specialty was portrait busts , in which he conveyed the external features and character of his models with surprising fidelity.
He was buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery (plot 4).
Creativity
- Marble or bronze busts:
- Pierre Lescaut, Souflo and Bino (at Versailles ),
- Jean Bart (in the Louvre ),
- Bellini, Boaldieu and Carla Vernet (in the Rouen Museum).
- the bronze statue of Bualdieu in the monument erected to this composer in Rouen , and some other portrait statues.
But in particular, he became famous for his busts and figurines , representing in the caricature of celebrities of his time:
- Talleyrand
- Rothschild
- Leaf
- singer Malibran ,
- Prussian King William IV ,
- Rossini
- V. Hugo ,
- singer Lablash ,
- Fr. Soulier and others
In works of this kind, he showed a rare ability to notice the comic features of physiognomies and reproduce them with complacency and a sense of proportion, without offending the pride of the originals who posed before him.
See also
- French sculpture
Literature
- Somov A.I. Dantan // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.