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James Pradier
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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JAMES PRADIER (1792-1862), French sculptor, was born at Geneva. He was a member of the French Academy, and a popular sculptor of the pre-Romantic period, representing in France the drawing-room classicism which Canova illustrated at Rome. His chief works are the Niobe group (1822), "Atalanta " (1850), " Psyche " (1824), " Sappho " (1852) (all in the Louvre), " Prometheus " (Tuileries Gardens), a bas-relief on the triumphal arch of the Carrousel, the figures of " Fame " on the Arc de l'Etoile, and a statue of J. J. Rousseau for Geneva. Besides these mention should be made of his " Three Graces (1821).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'James Pradier'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/james-pradier.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'James Pradier'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/james-pradier.html. 1910.
