Étienne-Jules Ramey (24 May 1796 – 29 October 1852), called ''Ramey fils'', was a French sculptor, and artist.

Biography

Ramey was born in Paris. The pupil of his father, Claude Ramey (1754–1838), he also trained in the studio of

Pierre Cartellier Pierre Cartellier (2 December 1757 – 12 June 1831) was a French sculpture, sculptor. Biography Pierre Cartellier was born in Paris. He studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan, bef ...

. He won the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in sculpture in 1815 with the subject, equally classicizing and sentimental, ''Ulysses recognized by his dog''.Plaster model exhibited ''The legacy of Homer'' (Emmanuel Schwartz, curator) École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France),

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, Princeton University (2005-06), cat no. 78. He collaborated with

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on the sculptures for the

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, the

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, 1828 to 1839. He worked in partnership with

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and taught at the

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in Paris. His pupils included the sculptors

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, Jean-Joseph Perraud, and Amédée Ménard. He died in Paris. His careful, mannered drawings appear on the market from time to time."a careful drawing by the sculptore, Etienne Jules Ramey, which recalls the work of

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at its most mannered" was noted in a review by J. J. L. Whiteley of an exhibition at Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox (London) and illustrated (fig. 72, "''Aconce et Cydippe''") in ''The Burlington Magazine'' 125 No. 965 (August 1983), pp. 506f.

Selected works

*''Thésée combattant le Minotaure'' (1826), limestone group,

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, Paris * ''Saint Luc'', limestone Paris, peristyle of the rear façade of the

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* ''Saint Pierre'' and ''Saint Paul'', limestone, Paris,

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, place Franz-Liszt

Notes

1796 births 1852 deaths Sculptors from Paris 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture Members of the Académie des beaux-arts 19th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub