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 Antoine Etex article - Antoine Etex March 20 1808 July 14 1888 French sculptor painter architect - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Antoine Etex (March 20, 1808 - July 14, 1888), French sculptor, painter and architect, was born in Paris.
His paintings include the subjects of Eurydice and the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, and among the best known of his architectural productions are the tomb of Napoleon I in the Invalides and a monument of the revolution of 1848.
Etex wrote a number of essays on subjects connected with the arts.
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 Modern Sculpture In France
Antoine Denis Chaudet (1763—1810) studied in Rome and was a classicist of the severe type.
Of the many pupils of Pradier the most distinguished were Antoine Etex, who was successful as a rival of Rude in the decoration of the Arc de Triomphe, and Jean Baptiste Eugene Guillaume, author of the Tomb of the Gracchi at the Luxembourg, and of many pleasing busts.
Antoine Louis Barye (1795—1875) widened the range of French sculpture by his devotion to the representation of animals, by his varied and skilful manipulation of bronze, and by the emphasis he laid upon massive modelling as opposed to precise outlines and delicately curved surfaces.
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 Arc de Triomphe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Cortot, Rude, Etex, Pradier and Lemaire.
The four sculptural groups at the base of the Arc are The Triumph of 1810 (Jean-Pierre Cortot), Resistance and Peace (both by Antoine Etex) and the most renowned of them all, Departure of the Volunteers of '92 commonly called La Marseillaise (Francois Rude).
The face of the allegorical representation of France calling forth her people on this last was used as the belt buckle for the seven-star rank of Marshal of France.
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 ANTOINE ETEX - LoveToKnow Article on ANTOINE ETEX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
His paintings include the subjects of Eurydice and the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, and among the best known of his architectural productions are the tomb of Napoleon.
The last year of his life was spent at Nice, and he died at Chaville (Seine-et-Oise) on the I4th of July 1888.
See P. Mangeant, Antoine Etex, peintre, sculpteur et architecte, 18o8i888 (Paris, 1894).
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 Arc de Triomphe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Major academic sculptors of France are repesented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Cortot, Rude, Etex, Pradier and Lemaire.
The four sculptural groups at the base of the Arc are The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot), Resistance and Peace (both by Antoine Etex) and the Departure of the Volunteers of '92 commonly called La Marseillaise (Francois Rude).
In the attic above the richly sculptured frieze of soldiers are 30 shields engraved with the names of major Revolutionary and Napoleonic military victories.
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 Antoine Etex ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Antoine Le Nain, Head of a Boy, 17 - 18th century
Antoine Masson, Portrait of Olivier Lefevre d"Ormesson, 1665
Antoine Masson, Portrait of Louis XIV, 17th - 18th century
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 AllRefer.com - Antoine Etex (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Antoine Etex (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Antoine Etex, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies
Antoine Etex[ANtwAn´ Ateks´] Pronunciation Key, 1808–88, French sculptor, painter, and architect.
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 Antoine Etex Online
Antoine Etex art links/last verified May 9/10, 2005
Antoine Etex in the Louvre Museum Database, Paris (only available in French)
All images and text on this Antoine Etex page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
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 The Art Institute of Chicago: Provenance Research Project Work
In the possession of the sculptor, Antoine Étex (died 1888), Paris.
Antoine Étex, Les Souvenirs d'un artiste (Paris, 1877), pp.
P. Mangeant, Antoine Étex: Peintre, sculpteur et architecte, 1808-1888 (Paris, 1894), p.
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 Arc de Triomphe Article, ArcTriomphe Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The astylar design is by JeanChalgrin (1739-1811), in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture.
Thefour sculptural groups at the base of the Arc are The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot), Resistance and Peace(both by Antoine Etex) and the Departure of the Volunteers of '92commonly called La Marseillaise (Francois Rude, illustration below right).
In the attic above the richly sculptured frieze of soldiers are 30 shields engravedwith the names of major Revolutionary and Napoleonic military victories.
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 PAU - Online Information article about PAU
The Place Royale (in the centre of which stands Nicolas
Raggi's statue of Henry IV., with bas-reliefs by Antoine Etex) is admired for the view over the valley of the Gave and the Pyrenees; it is connected by the magnificent Boulevard des Pyrenees with the castle gardens.
Beyond the castle a park of thirty acres planted with beech trees stretches along the high bank of the Gave.
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