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Jean Jacques (James) Pradier

Jean Jacques (James) Pradier (1790 - 1852) was active/lived in Switzerland, France.  Jean Pradier is known for Neo-classical mythology themed sculpture.

Jean-Jacques Pradier was a Swiss-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. In 1807, Pradier left his birthplace of Geneva to work in Paris with his elder brother, an engraver. He won the Prix de Rome, which enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818. He studied under Jean Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827, he became a member for the Academie des Beaux-Arts and a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Pradier oversaw the finishing of his sculptures himself. He was a friend of the Romantic poets Alfred de Musset, Victor Hugo and Theophile Gautier, and his atelier was a center for these luminaries, presided over by his beautiful mistress, Juliette Drouet, who married Hugo in 1833.

The cool, neoclassical surface finish of his sculptures is charged with an eroticism that their mythological themes can barely disguise. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante created a scandalous sensation. Som   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2728 characters.]  Artist bio

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Figure of Sappho, wearing classical dress and holding scroll , 1848

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Allégorie du Printemps

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FEMME ÔTANT SA CHEMISE (A WOMAN UNDRESSING)

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FIGURE OF A GIRL WITH A CAT AND DOG

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Sappho , 1848

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