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	Etienne-maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Falconet moved to Russia in 1766 and was recommended to Catherine II by Diderot.
		Falconet, however, had returned to France in 1778.
		Maurice de Vlaminck, The Port of Martigues, circa 1914
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	Étienne Maurice Falconet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Falconet was born to a poor family in Paris.
		In 1757 Falconet was appointed director of the sculpture atelier of the new Manufacture royale de porcelaine at Sèvres, where he brought new life to the manufacture of small sculptures in unglazed soft-paste porcelain figurines that had been a specialty at the predecessor of the Sèvres manufactory, Vincennes.
		The influence of the painter François Boucher and of contemporary theater and ballet are equally in evidence in Falconet's subjects, and his sweet, elegantly erotic, somewhat coy manner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Etienne-Maurice_Falconet (477 words)

	Etienne Maurice Falconet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Falconet was born to a poor family in (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris.
		Many of Falconet's religious works, commissioned for churches, were destroyed at the time of the (The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799) French Revolution.
		Falconet's writings on art, his Oeuvres littéraires came to six volumes when they were first published, at (A city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center) Lausanne, in 1781-1782.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/et/etienne_maurice_falconet.htm (551 words)

	AllRefer.com - Etienne Maurice Falconet (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Etienne Maurice Falconet, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies
		Etienne Maurice Falconet[Atyen´ mOrEs´ fAlkOnA´] Pronunciation Key, 1716–91, French sculptor; pupil of Lemoyne.
		Under Louis XV he became director of sculpture at the SEvres porcelain factory, where many small reproductions of his work were made.
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	Etienne Maurice Falconet Biography / Biography of Etienne Maurice Falconet Main Biography
		Born in Paris on Dec. 1, 1716, Étienne Maurice Falconet studied with the sculptor Jean Baptiste Lemoyne.
		Falconet was strongly influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the great Italian baroque sculptor of the 17th century, and by Pierre Puget, the most important sculptor in 17th-century France to reflect the dynamic, emotional style created by Bernini.
		Falconet produced a relatively small number of sculptures, but his work is remarkable in its variety and skill.
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	Falconet, Étienne-Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Falconet was perhaps the most quintessentially Rococo of all French sculptors, his forté being gently erotic figures such as the celebrated Bather (1757) in the Louvre.
		Falconet had other sides to his talent, however, and his masterpiece - the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg - is in a completely different vein.
		Falconet suffered a stroke in 1783 and thereafter produced no more sculpture, devoting himself to writing.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/f/falconet/falconet.htm (242 words)

	Etienne-Maurice Falconet -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Falconet was first apprenticed to a carpenter and later became a pupil of the sculptor J.-B. Lemoyne.
		French author and journalist Maurice Leblanc is best known as the creator of the French gentleman-thief turned detective Arsène Lupin, who is featured in more than 60 of Leblanc's crime novels and short stories.
		Canadian professional ice hockey player Maurice Richard was known as The Rocket and played as a hard-hitting forward (right wing).
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	Port Sunlight / Lady Lever Art Gallery / maurice etienne falconet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was one of the foremost French sculptors of the mid-18th century and is best known for his small-scale marble sculptures on gallant and allegorical themes, as well as for his widely reproduced models for the porcelain factory at Sèvres.
		Falconet was an autodidact of fiercely independent and moralistic spirit; he wrote a number of essays on the theory of art and left notable correspondences with the philosopher Denis Diderot and with Catherine the Great of Russia.
		His son Pierre-Etienne Falconet (1741–91) was a minor draughtsman and engraver, whose most notable achievement was the illustrating of his father’s article on sculpture for the Encyclopédie of Diderot.
	www.portsunlight.org.uk /gallery/artists/falconet.htm (158 words)

	How a French artist created great Russian monument - The Washington Times: Non-Fiction Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When Falconet won the commission for the Peter the Great monument in 1766, he was not the best-known French sculptor, but one, Mr.
		Falconet was also a misanthropic egotist with a short temper, prone to quick judgments and professional jealousy.
		Falconet was sorely tried by critics who wanted more symbolism in his monument — Diderot wanted it turned into a fountain — but Falconet stuck to his vision:
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	Etienne-maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Falconet moved to Russia in 1766 and was recommended to Catherine II by Diderot.
		Falconet, however, had returned to France in 1778.
		Maurice de Vlaminck, The Port of Martigues, circa 1914
	www.wwar.com /masters/f/falconet-etienne-maurice.html (463 words)

	Monument to Peter the Great by FALCONET, Étienne-Maurice
		Falconet was, with Pigalle, the favourite sculptor of Mme de Pompadour.
		The sovereign, in heroic garb, is shown as a law-maker, a reformer.
		His face was sculpted by Marie-Anne Collot, a pupil of Falconet.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/f/falconet/peter_gr.html (124 words)

	THE BATHER (La Baigneuse) by Etienne Maurice Falconet (1710-1791) The Louvre, Paris - available from Eleganza Ltd., ...
		Falconet portrayed his Bather in the Hellenistic manner of a Venus preparing for the ritual bath.
		That the figure is associated with Venus may be seen by the seashell on the base.
		The narrow neck band of the chemise and the neatly arranged coiffure were fashions of the period.
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	artnet.com: Resource Library: Falconet, Etienne-Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Falconet was an autodidact of fiercely independent and moralistic spirit; he wrote a number of essays on the theory of art and left notable correspondences with the philosopher Denis Diderot and with Catherine the Great of Russia.
		He was made a professor at the Académie Royale in 1761.
		His son Pierre-Etienne Falconet (1741–91) was a minor draughtsman and engraver, whose most notable achievement was the illustrating of his father’s article on sculpture for the Encyclopédie of Diderot.
	www.artnet.com /library/02/0274/T027407.asp (324 words)

	Etienne-Maurice Falconet Online
		Etienne-Maurice Falconet at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
		Etienne-Maurice Falconet at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Venus of the Doves, marble
		All images and text on this Etienne-Maurice Falconet page are copyright 2007 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
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	Bronze Sculptures from JL GALLERY ARTS ETC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Many of his pieces were continuously reproduced in every medium, often even adapted to clocks and furniture.
		Maurice Favre, born in Paris in the late 19th century, flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries.
		He exhibited figures and portraits at the Salon, receiving an honorable mention in 1896 and 2nd class medal and traveling scholarship in 1906.
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		Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), is counted among the first rank of French Rococo sculptors, patronized by Mme de Pompadour.
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	Etienne-Maurice Falconet -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Nominated director of the Sèvres porcelain factory in 1757, he supplied numerous models to be executed in Sèvres biscuit ware, which gave a character of delicate, mannered grace to a whole phase of his work, as seen in his “Bather” (1757; Louvre).
		He returned to Paris in 1781 and, suffering a stroke in 1783, produced no sculpture the rest of his life.
		"Falconet, Étienne-Maurice." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
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	Bronze Horseman: Monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For that reason an inscription on the monument reads in Latin and Russian: Petro Primo Catarina Secunda - To Peter the First from Catherine the Second.
		An equestrian statue of Peter the Great, created by the famous French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet, depicts the most prominent reformer of Russia as a Roman hero.
		The pedestal is made of a single piece of red granite in a shape of a cliff.
	www.cityvision2000.com /sightseeing/monuments/bronze_horseman.htm (275 words)

	The Education of Love, Sevres group, after Boucher, 1763 Giclee Print by Etienne-Maurice Falconet at AllPosters.com
		The Education of Love, Sevres group, after Boucher, 1763 Giclee Print by Etienne-Maurice Falconet at AllPosters.com
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	THE SCULPTURE OF FALCONET - LEVITINE, GEORGE; ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	Sleeping Nymph
		A sleeping naked nymph or maenad, inspired by part of a small sculpture group by Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791).
		Rococo reaches the parts other art cannot reach.
		Please ask for permission if you want to use them in any other context.
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