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Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) is a french sculptor know as one of the most brilliant virtuose of the XIXth century in France. He was taught by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1854, he starded studying at l’Ecole des beaux-arts de Paris, in François-Joseph Duret’s class. Dalou exhibited his
Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) is a french sculptor know as one of the most brilliant virtuose of the XIXth century in France. He was taught by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1854, he starded studying at l’Ecole des beaux-arts de Paris, in François-Joseph Duret’s class. Dalou exhibited his works for the first time at the Salon de Paris in 1861, but is political ideas overshadowed his work under the Second Empire regime: the Prix de Rome was refused to him several times. His sculpture “Daphnis and Chloe”, which was exhibited at the 1869 Salon was however bought later by the state. He met then Rodin, with whom he became friend. After the Commune de Paris in 1870, he took shelter in London with his friend Alphonse Legros. He taught there at the South Kensington School of Art, while in the meantime he was judged in France, and sentenced to life imprisonment. In United Kingdom, he was commissioned regularly by the state, and also by Queen Victoria, for whom he built a monument in her private chapel in Windsor (1878). He returned to France in 1879, after he was amnestied and realised his biggest masterpieces, especially one for the city of Paris: the monument of the “Republic triumph”, which was erected on place de la Nation, after 20 years of work. His last posthumous works include the statue of Lazare Hoche in Quiberon (1902), or the Gambetta monument in Bordeaux (1904). He received the Grand Prix at the Universal exhibition in 1889, and was promoted commander of the Légion d’Honneur. He was one of the founders of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and was its first president for the sculpture department.
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