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Antoine Bourdelle

1861 - 1929

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Antoine Bourdelle (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan buʁdɛl]; 30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important figure in the Art Deco movement and the transition from the Beaux-Arts style to modern sculpture. His studio became the Musée Bourdelle, an art museum dedicated to his work, located at 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Bourdelle is the 31st most popular sculptor (down from 30th in 2019), the 996th most popular biography from France (down from 955th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Sculptor.

Antoine Bourdelle was a French sculptor who was most famous for his bronze sculptures.

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Among sculptors, Antoine Bourdelle ranks 31 out of 258. Before him are Alexander Calder, Alessandro Algardi, Giovanni Pisano, Alexander Archipenko, Rosa Bonheur, and Claus Sluter. After him are Ossip Zadkine, Gustav Vigeland, Leochares, Jean Tinguely, Wäinö Aaltonen, and Paul Landowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Antoine Bourdelle ranks 24. Before him are Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, H. H. Holmes, James Naismith, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. After him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Italo Svevo, Maximilian von Spee, Nettie Stevens, William Bateson, and Anton Arensky. Among people deceased in 1929, Antoine Bourdelle ranks 22. Before him are Maria Christina of Austria, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Otto Liman von Sanders, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Thorstein Veblen. After him are Mercédès Jellinek, Wyatt Earp, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Henry of Prussia, and Leonard Hobhouse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Bourdelle ranks 996 out of 6,770. Before him are Manu Chao (1961), Gérard Debreu (1921), Bourvil (1917), Michael Lonsdale (1931), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), and Joan II of Navarre (1311). After him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), Claude Jade (1948), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Antoine Bourdelle ranks 8. Before him are Camille Claudel (1864), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Giambologna (1529), Marie Tussaud (1761), and Rosa Bonheur (1822). After him are Paul Landowski (1875), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), and David d'Angers (1788).

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