Antoine Bourdelle (30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French

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and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of

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and

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, and an important figure in the

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movement and the transition from the

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. His studio became the

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, an art museum dedicated to his work, located at 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Early life and education

Émile Antoine Bourdelle was born at

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in France on 30 October 1861. His father was a wood craftsman and cabinet-maker. In 1874, at the age of thirteen, he left school to work in his father's workshop, and also began carving his first sculptures of wood. In 1876, with the assistance of writer

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, he received a scholarship to attend the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, though he remained fiercely independent and resisted the formal program. In 1884, at the age of twenty-four, he earned second place in the competition to enter the

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in Paris. There he worked in the studio of

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and frequented the studio of

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, who was his neighbor.

Career

In 1885 he participated in the annual Salon of artists and won an honorable mention for his work, ''The First Victory of Hannibal''. He rented a studio at 16 Impasse du Main, next to the painters Eugène Carrière and Jean-Paul Laurens. He worked in this studio until his death.Lemoine (2004), p. 8 6MA-B

In 1887, he quit the studio of Falguièr, and, moved by the music of

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, he made his first of what would eventually be some forty sculptures of the composer. In September 1893 Bourdelle joined the studio of Auguste Rodin. His collaboration with Rodin lasted fifteen years. In 1895, he received his first official commission, a war monument for the city of

. His proposed plans, different from traditional monuments, created a scandal. Rodin intervened on his behalf, and the monument was finally erected in 1902. In 1900, Bourdelle demonstrated his independence from Rodin's style with a bust of Apollo. In the same year, Bourdelle, Rodin and the sculptor Desbois opened a free school of sculpture, the Institut Rodin-Debois-Bourdelle. One of the students was

, who later produced some remarkable sculpture, but the school did not last long. Bourdelle et Grace Christie (1)

In 1905, Bourdelle had his first personal exhibition, in the gallery of the foundry-owner Hébrand. With the support of Hébrand and the material assistance of his foundry, Bourdelle was able to make larger works and earn greater recognition. His father died in 1906, and Bourdelle changed his first name to simply Antoine, after his father. He married his second wife, Cléopatre Sevastos (1892-1972), who was of Greek origin. She and their daughter, Rhodia, became a frequent inspiration for his works. In 1908, Bourdelle left the studio of Rodin and set out on his own. In 1909 he exhibited a new work, ''

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'' at the annual Salon of the Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He began to teach at the

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, where his students included

and

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. In 1913 the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées was inaugurated, with decoration on the facade and the interior atrium designed by Bourdelle. This work announced the debut of the

style, and was an important step towards modernism. He was a participant in the 1913

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in New York, a founder and vice-president of the Parisian

Salon des Tuileries The Salon des Tuileries was an annual art exhibition for painting and sculpture, created June 14, 1923, co-founded by painters Albert Besnard and Bessie Davidson, sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, architect Auguste Perret, and others. The first year's e ...

. He remained in Paris during the First World War, working on a commission for an art patron from Argentina, Rodolfo Acorta, a monument to General Alvear, which was inaugurated in Buenos Aires in 1925. In 1929, his first major public sculpture in Paris, the monument to the Polish hero

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, was inaugurated on Place d'Alma.

Death and legacy

Bourdelle, in poor health, died at

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, near Paris, on 1 October 1929 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, France.

Museums

Today the

in Paris sits amidst brick houses at 18 rue Antoine Bourdelle, a small street between the

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and the offices of the famous French newspaper ''

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''. The

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consists of Bourdelle's house, studio, and garden where he worked from 1884 to 1929. In the 1930s his widow opened his art studio for viewings. In 1949, the atelier of Bourdelle was donated by his former spouse Cléopâtre and his daughter to the city of Paris and it was opened as the

, additionally the street was renamed as rue Antoine Bourdelle. A second museum, the Bourdelle Garden-Museum in Égreville, France was established by his daughter and son-in-law starting in 1969 and hosts another 56 of Bourdelle's sculptures in a garden setting.

Collections

His art work is in many public collections worldwide, including Musée d'Orsay (Paris), the

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(Tokyo),

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(Cambridge, Massachusetts), Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Massachusetts),

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National Museum of Art of Romania The National Museum of Art of Romania ( ro, Muzeul Național de Artă al României) is located in the Royal Palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest. It features collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international ...

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. The permanent collection of the ...

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(London),

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(Rome),

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest ...

(Saint Petersburg, Russia),

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(Washington D.C.),

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(Fort Worth, Texas),

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(Otterlo, Netherlands), the

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, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), the National Galleries of Scotland,

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, Musée Ingres (Montauban), the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum (Antwerp, Belgium), and the Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida), among others.

Personal life

In 1904, Bourdelle married artist Stephanie van Parys (also known as Vanparys, 1877–1945). His wife often served as a model for Bourdelle; by 1910 they had divorced. Together with van Parys they had a son, Pierre Bourdelle (c.1903–1966) and Pierre became an artist most active in the United States, and notable for his work at

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in 1933. Bourdelle married in 1918 his former art student, Cléopâtre Sevastos (1882–1972), who also served as his model. Together with Sevastos they had a daughter, Rhodia Bourdelle (her married name was Dufet, Dufet–Bourdelle, 1911–2002) and she was an art curator.

Honors

In 1909 he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor, in 1919 ''Officier'' of the Legion of Honor, and in 1924 became a Commander of the Legion of Honor.

Sculpture

Musée Ingres-Bourdelle - La première victoire d'Hannibal, 1885 - Plâtre - Antoine Bourdelle Joconde06070001104.jpg, ''Hannibal's First Victory'' Original Plaster (1885) The Great Warrior of Montauban - Washington, D.C..jpg, ''The Great Warrior of Montauban'', bronze, (1898),

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Le Jour et la Nuit par Antoine Bourdelle.JPG, ''Day and Night'', marble, 1903,

, Paris Bourdelle sculptress p1070128.jpg, ''The Sculptress at Work'', 1906, bronze, Stanford Museum, Stanford University, California Herakles the Archer - MET - 24.232.jpg, ''

'' (1909), Metropolitan Museum of Art Musée Ingres-Bourdelle - Buste d'Ingres 1908 - Bronze - Bourdelle - Joconde06070001137.jpg, ''Bust of Ingres'', Musée Ingres-Bourdelle,

(1908) Antoine Bourdelle, 1910-12, Apollon et sa méditation entourée des neuf muses, bas-relief, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris DSC09314.jpg, Apollo with three of the nine muses, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1910–12) Antoine Bourdelle - Pénélope 1912 - Montauban.jpg, ''La Grande Penelope'', bronze, 1912,

Dallas Crow Center 15 Bourdelle Horse for Alvear monument 1.jpg, ''Monument to Alvear Horse'', Trammell Crow Sculpture Garden,

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, Texas (1913–25) Antoine Bourdelle - La mort du dernier centaure - Montauban.jpg, ''Dying Centaur'', 1914, bronze, Musée Ingres-Bourdelle,

Bourdelle Osaka01s3200.jpg, ''La Liberté'', Daido Life Insurance Company,

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, Japan The Virgin Of Alsace by Emile-Antoine Bourdelle.jpg, ''The Virgin of Alsace'', 1919–21,

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, Scotland Monumento al Gral Carlos M Alvear - de Antoine Bourdelle - Buenos Aires .JPG, '' Monument to General Carlos M. de Alvear'', Recoleta,

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Antoine Bourdelle, ca.1922, Monument La France, H. 9 m, bronze, Hohwiller founder, erected 18 June 1948, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.jpg, Monument titled ''La France'') (1922), erected 18 June 1948, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,

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, Greece Bust of Gustave Eiffel, by sculptor Antoine Bourdelle.jpg, ''Bust of

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'' at the

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France

Students

Artists who studied with Antoine Bourdelle included: * Athanase Apartis, Greece *

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, Argentina * Lucie Bouniol, France * Margaret Butler (sculptor), New Zealand * Samuel Cashwan, United States *

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, Argentina * Margaret Cossaceanu, Romania * Céline Emilian, Romania * Béni Ferenczy, Hungary * Helen Margaret George, England * Alberto Giacometti, Switzerland * Angela Gregory, United States * Otto Gutfreund, Czechoslovakia * Minna Harkavy, United States * Bror Hjorth, Sweden * René Iché, France * Mladen Josić, Serbia * Raoul Josset, France/United States * David Karfunkle, Austria/United States *

, United States *

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, Hungary *

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, France *

, France * Vadym Meller, Ukraine * Marguerite Milward, England *

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, Russian Empire/USSR * Bencho Obreshkov, Bulgaria *

Dudley Pratt Dudley Pratt (June 14, 1897 – November 18, 1975) was an American sculptor. He was born in Paris, France to Boston sculptors Bela and Helen Pratt. His sculptural education included study under Charles Grafly, Antoine Bourdelle, and Alexander ...

, United States * Virginia Claflin Pratt, United States * Germaine Richier, France * Arnold Rönnebeck, Germany/United States * Ada Mae Sharpless, United States * Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Portugal *

Risto Stijović Risto Stijović ( sr-cyr, Ристо Стијовић; 8 October 1894 Podgorica, Principality of Montenegro – 20 December 1974 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFRY) was a Yugoslav and Serbian sculptor, considered to be one of the most original artists of ...

, Serbia *

Sreten Stojanović Sreten Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Сретен Стојановић; 2 February 1898 – 29 October 1960) was a Serbian sculptor and art critic. His artistic individuality was best observed in portraits made of various materials. Biography He was bo ...

, Serbia * Mihailo Tomić, Serbia * Josefina de Vasconcellos, England * Anna Marie Valentien, United States * Helen Wilson, United States * Louise Lentz Woodruff, United States * Ryumon Yasuda, Japan * Teodors Zalkalns, Latvia *

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, Uruguay For a first hand account of Bourdelle's teaching style see Arnold Ronnebeck's article from 1925, published in ''The Arts'' 8, no. 4 titled "Bourdelle Speaks to His Pupils: From a Paris Diary."

Notes and citations

Bibliography

* Colin Lemoine, ''Antoine Bourdelle''. L'oeuvre à demeure, Paris, Paris-Musées, 2009 * Bourdelle, Émile-Antoine, "Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, Sculptures and Drawings", Perth, Western Australian Art Gallery, 1978. * Jeancolas, Claude, ''Sculpture Française'', CELIV, Paris (1992), () * Ottawa.National Gallery of Canada, "Antoine Bourdelle, 1861-1929", New York, C. E. Slatkin Galleries, 1961. * Colin Lemoine, ''Antoine Bourdelle'', Paris, Cercle d'art, 2004,() * ''Antoine Bourdelle, passeur de la modernité'', exhibition catalogue (curators Roxana Theodorescu, Juliette Laffon and Colin Lemoine / Catalogue Colin Lemoine), Bucarest, National Museum of Art, 2006 * Colin Lemoine, ''Le Fruit : une œuvre majuscule d'Antoine Bourdelle'', Ligeia, January–June 2005, n°57-58-59-60, p. 60-78 * Colin Lemoine, "...sans ce modelé à la Rodin, à la XVIIIe siècle qui beurre le tout : Bourdelle et la question d'un primitivisme occidental", ''Bulletin du musée Ingres'', May 2006, n° 78, p. 49-66 * Cléopâtre Sevastos, ''Ma vie avec Bourdelle'', Paris-Musées-Editions des Cendres, 2005 (annoted edition by Colin Lemoine) * Véronique Gautherin, ''L'Oeil et la main'' (2000) * ''Antoine Bourdelle, d'un siècle l'autre. L'eurythmie de la modernité'', exhibition catalogue by Colin Lemoine, Japan (Kitakyushu, Niigata, Takamatsu, Iwaki, Nagoya, Seoul), 2007–2008.

External links

*
Musée Bourdelle
(in French)
''Portrait of Rodin''
from Antoine Bourdelle, on the official website of the Musée Rodin.
National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Bourdelle Emile-Antoine, Biography
(in English) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourdelle, Antoine 1861 births 1929 deaths People from Montauban École des Beaux-Arts alumni Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters Art Deco sculptors Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century French sculptors 20th-century French male artists 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists