Augustin Pajou
(1730–1809) fransk skulptör
Augustin Pajou (France, 1730–1809) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Augustin Pajou belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Augustin Pajou was born in Paris and died in Paris. Augustin Pajou trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Augustin Pajou studied under Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Augustin Pajou worked in Paris. Augustin Pajou became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Les Neuf Sœurs, and Académie des beaux-arts. Augustin Pajou was awarded Prix de Rome. The students included François Joseph Bosio, Philippe-Laurent Roland, David d'Angers, and François Gérard.
The best-known works include ‘bust of Madame du Barry’, ‘Saint François de Sales en prière’, and ‘Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 11 works by Augustin Pajou with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–1800. Works by Augustin Pajou are held by several collections, among them Skulpturutställningen vid Louvren, Nationalmuseum, Boyer collection, and Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jean Hugues Taraval, Marie-Joseph Peyre, Johan Mandelberg, Salomon Gessner, and Giovanni Casanova.