Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment.

From: Apollo | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The especially delicate state of Franco-American relations at the beginning of May this year supplied an extra historical dimension to the opening of this magnificent exhibition, for which the ground floor of the National Gallery of Art, at the heart of the nation's capital, has been given over to the work of an artist who was not only French but who created the definitive portraits of America's founding fathers--Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin. What brought France and America so close together at the time was their mutual struggle against Great Britain. Nationalism of one ...

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