biography
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Maillol, Aristide (Joseph Bonaventure)
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pronunciation:
[mayol]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1861–1944)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Banyuls-sur-Mer, C France. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and spent some years designing tapestries. The latter half of his life was devoted to the representation of the nude female figure in a style of monumental simplicity and classical serenity, such as ‘Mediterranean’ (c.1901, Museum of Modern Art, New York City) and ‘Night’ (1902, Dina Vierny Collection, Paris). |
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