Alexandre Falguière

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Alexandre Falguière (France, 1831–1900) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Alexandre Falguière belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Alexandre Falguière was born in Toulouse and died in 6th arrondissement of Paris. Alexandre Falguière trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and François Jouffroy. Alexandre Falguière worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Alexandre Falguière with French Realism. Alexandre Falguière became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Prix de Rome and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, Julien Lorieux, Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, and Alexandre Laporte.

The best-known works include ‘Bacchantes’, ‘Éventail et Poignard’, ‘Lutteurs’, and ‘La Sasson’. The catalogue has 20 works by Alexandre Falguière with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1900. Works by Alexandre Falguière are held by several collections, among them Musée des Augustins, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne, and Musée d’Orsay. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henri de Montaut, Juliette Bonheur, Édouard Brandon, Euphrosine Beernaert, and John Brett.

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