biography
| name: |
Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
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pronunciation:
[cah(r)poh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1827–75)
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| biography:
| Sculptor and painter, born in Valenciennes, N France, the outstanding French sculptor of his time. After visiting Italy (1854) he returned to Paris (1862), where he produced his most famous works - a pediment for the Pavillon de Flore of the Louvre (1863) and La danse (1865) for the Paris Opéra façade, now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1854. Also a painter, his works can be seen in a museum in his native Valenciennes. He died of cancer. |
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