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Tuileries Tuileries
Tuileries , former palace in Paris. Planned by Catherine de' Medici and begun in 1564 by Philibert Delorme , it occupied part of the present Tuileries gardens. It was rarely used as a royal residence until 1789, when Louis XVI was forced by the revolutionists to move there from Versailles. He and... Read more
Jules Husson Jules Husson
Champfleury (pseudonym of Jules Husson) (b Laon, 17 Sept. 1821; d Sèvres, 6 Dec. 1889). French writer whose huge and varied output included a good deal about art. He was a leading spokesman for the realism of Courbet, declaring that art should depict the social scene as it is without... Read more
Antoine Louis Barye Antoine Louis Barye
Antoine Louis Barye , 1796-1875, French animal sculptor. Son of a Parisian goldsmith, he followed his father's trade as a youth. In 1832 he exhibited at the Salon his Lion and Serpent (Tuileries), which won him recognition; but only late in life did he achieve fame and free himself from debt. His... Read more
Louvre Louvre
Louvre , foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. In 1546 Pierre Lescot was commissioned by Francis I to erect a new building on the site of the Louvre. During his reign, several paintings by Leonardo,... Read more
Antoine Coysevox Antoine Coysevox
Antoine Coysevox , 1640-1720, French sculptor. He enjoyed the patronage of Louis XIV and produced a great part of the sculpture at Versailles. His Winged Horses, at the entrance to the Tuileries gardens, and his portrait and memorial sculptures show free, vigorous, and original treatment. The bust... Read more
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux , 1827-75, French sculptor and painter. He studied with François Rude and won the Prix de Rome. Carpeaux rose to fame with his Ugolino (1860-62; Louvre) and became a favorite of the Second Empire, receiving many portrait commissions. Of his sculpture groups, the best... Read more
Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne
Philippe de Champaigne , 1602-74, French painter, b. Brussels, of Flemish parents. In 1621 he went to Paris, where he worked with Poussin on the Luxembourg Palace. In 1628 he became painter to the queen, Marie de' Medici. For her and for Richelieu he executed many religious paintings, still to be... Read more
Coustou Coustou
Coustou , family of French sculptors. Nicolas Coustou, 1658-1733, studied with his uncle, Antoine Coysevox, with whom he later collaborated on the decorations at Marly and at Versailles. He became rector and chancellor of the Académie royale. Among his best-known works are La Seine et la... Read more
Coypel Coypel
Coypel , family of French painters. Noël Coypel, 1628-1707, director of the Académie de France à Rome and later of the Académie royale de péinture et de sculpture in Paris, was employed on the decorations of the palaces of the Louvre, Tuileries, Fontainebleau, and... Read more
Androuet du Cerceau Androuet du Cerceau
Androuet du Cerceau , family of French architects active in the 16th and 17th cent. It was founded by Jacques Androuet, c.1520-c.1584, surnamed du Cerceau [Fr.,=circle] from the emblem of a circle marking his workshop. He is best known for his writings and his fanciful engravings of decorative... Read more

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