Falguière's Victor of the Cockfight, book engraving c. 1900, with added drapery

Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière, or in short Alexandre Falguière) (1831 - 1900), French sculptor and painter, was born at Toulouse. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a...

A pupil of the École des Beaux Arts, he won the Prix de Rome in 1859; he was awarded the medal of honor at the Paris Salon in 1868 and was appointed officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1878. His first bronze statue of importance was Le Vainqueur au Combat de Coqs (Victor of the Cockfight) (1864), and Tarcisus the Christian Boy-Martyr followed in 1867; both were exhibited in the Luxembourg Museum and are now in the Musée d'Orsay. His more important monuments are those to Admiral Courbet (1890) at Abbeville and the famous Joan of Arc. Among more ideal work are Eve (1880), Diana (1882 and 1891), Woman and Peacock (a. k. a. Juno and The Peacock), and The Poet, astride his Pegasus spreading wings for flight. He sculpted The Dancer, based on Cléo de Mérode which today is also in the Musée d'Orsay. École des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ... The Prix de Rome is a scholarship for students of the arts. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Honoré Daumier satirized the bourgeoises scandalized by the Salons Venuses, 1864 The Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris) was an institution in French official art patronage, founded in Paris, France in 1673 to exhibit art works, particularly paintings. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (Legion of Honor ( AmE) or Legion of Honour ( ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... Events January - April January – Cleopatras Needle arrives in London January 9 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 – Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... Charlie Chaplin Statue A statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. ... The Cock Fight by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1847) A cockfight is a contest, held in a cockpit between two fighting cocks (roosters) trained to severely injure and/or kill one another. ... Events January - March January 21 - Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. ... Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Musée dOrsay is a museum in Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ... This article refers to the city in France. ... Image of Joan of Arc, painted between 1450 and 1500 (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490). ... God creates Adam, by Michelangelo. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about a Greek goddess named Hera. ... Alternate meanings: Pegasus (disambiguation) In Greek mythology, Pegasus, or Pegasos was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god and the Gorgon Medusa. ...

His Triumph of the Republic (1881 - 1886), a vast quadriga for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, is perhaps more amazingly full of life than others of his works, all of which reveal this quality of vitality in superlative degree. Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... A quadriga (from the Latin language quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a four-horse chariot, raced in the Olympic Games and other sacred games, and represented in profile as the usual chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and bas-reliefs. ... Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place de lÉtoile, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. ...

To these works should be added his monuments to Cardinal Lavigerie and General de La Fayette (the latter in Washington, DC), and his statues of Alphonse de Lamartine (1876) and St Vincent dePaul (1879), as well as the Honoré de Balzac, which he executed for the Socité des gens de lettres on their rejection of that by Auguste Rodin; and the busts of Carolus-Duran and Coquelin Cadet (1896). Alphonse de Lamartine (October 21, 1790 _ February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac (pronounced ball-sack) ( May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850), was a French novelist. ... Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... Carolus-Duran, the name adopted by the French painter Charles Auguste Emile Durand (July 4, 1837 - 1917), who was born at Lille. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Falguière was a painter as well as a sculptor, but somewhat inferior in merit. He displays a fine sense of colour and tone,added to the qualities of life and vigour that he instils into his plastic work. His Wrestlers (1875) and Fan and Dagger (1882; a defiant Spanish woman) were in the Luxembourg, and other pictures of importance are The Beheading of St John the Baptist (1877), The Sphinx (1883), Acis and Galatea (1885), Old Woman and Child (1886) and In the Bull Slaughter-House. He became a member of the Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts) in 1882. 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ... John the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer or John the Dipper) is regarded as a prophet by at least three religions: Christianity, Islam, and Mandaeanism. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background. ... Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ... The Institut de France (French Institute) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie française. ... The Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. ...

Alexandre Falguière died in Paris in 1900 and was interred there in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ...

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External link

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