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Francois Rude (1784-1855)
Aliases:
François Rude
Professions:
Sculptor
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Biography
(b
dijon,
4
jan
1784;
d
paris,
3
nov
1855).
french
sculptor.
he
was
of
working-class
origins
and
neo-classical
training.
after
1830
he
identified
with
the
emergent
group
of
romantic
sculptors
in
france,
at
the
same
time
retaining
his
own
strong
sense
of
monumentalism.
his
massive
stone
relief
on
the
arc
de
triomphe,
paris,
popularly
known
as
‘la
marseillaise’
(1833–6;
see
fig.
1),
and
his
bronze
allegory
napoleon
awakening
to
immortality
(1845–7;
fixin,
parc
noisot;
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