Edme Bouchardon

{"Id":367,"Name":"Edme Bouchardon","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBOUCHARDON, EDM\u0026Eacute;\u003C/strong\u003E (1698-1762), French sculptor, was esteemed in his day the greatest sculptor of his time. Born at Chaumont, he became the pupil of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2668\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EGuillaume Coustou\u003C/a\u003E and gained the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/pr/PrixdeRo.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPrix de Rome\u003C/a\u003E in 1722. Resisting the tendency of the day he was classic in his taste, pure and chaste, always correct, charming and distinguished, a great stickler for all the finish that sand-paper could give. During the ten years he remained at Rome, Bouchardon made a striking bust of \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02431a.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPope Benedict XIII\u003C/a\u003E (1730). In 1746 he produced his first acclaimed masterpiece, \u003Cu\u003ECupid fashioning a Bow out of the Club of Hercules\u003C/u\u003E, perfect in its grace, but cold in the purity of its classic design. His two other leading \u003Cem\u003Echefs-d\u0027oeuvre\u003C/em\u003E are the fountain in the rue de Grenelle, Paris, the first portions of which had been finished and exhibited in 1740, and the equestrian statue of \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/lo/Louis15Fr.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELouis XV\u003C/a\u003E, a commission from the city of Paris. This superb work, which, when the model was produced, was declared the finest work of its kind ever produced in France, Bouchardon did not live to finish, but left its completion to \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=357\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPigalle\u003C/a\u003E. It was destroyed during the Revolution.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAmong the chief books on the sculptor and his art are \u003Cu\u003EVie d\u0027Edm\u0026eacute; Bouchardon\u003C/u\u003E, by le comte de Caylus (Paris, 1762); \u003Cu\u003ENotice sur Edm\u0026eacute; Bouchardon, sculpteur\u003C/u\u003E, by E. Jolibois (Versailles, 1837); \u003Cu\u003ENotice historique sur Edm\u0026eacute; Bouchardon\u003C/u\u003E, by J. Carnandet (Paris, 1855); and \u003Cu\u003EFrench Architects and Sculptors of the 18th Century\u003C/u\u003E, by Lady Duke (London, 1900).\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://30.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BO/BOUCHARDON_EDME.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":5}