François Rude

(1784–1855) fransk skulptör

François Rude (France, 1784–1855) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, François Rude belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

François Rude was born in Dijon and died in Paris. François Rude trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Beaux-Arts School of Dijon. The teachers included François Devosge and Pierre Cartellier. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome. The students included Eugène Faure, Joseph Tournois, Paul Comoléra, and Théodore Doriot.

The best-known works include ‘Jean-Antoine Houdon’, ‘Nicolas Poussin’, ‘Statue of Michel Ney’, and ‘The Departure of the volunteers of 1792’. The catalogue has 4 works by François Rude with free images. The dated works span the years 1830–1878. Works by François Rude are held by Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon and Collections of Musée national de la Marine de Paris. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Paulin Guérin, Ambroise Louis Garneray, Pierre Claude François Delorme, Georges Rouget, and Antonín Mánes.

• Romanticism
• The Departure of the volunteers of 1792