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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
'''Patrick McCay''' is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] born [[Scotland|Scottish]]/ [[USA|American]] painter who resides in the [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] area. He earned an undergraduate degree in fine art and a Masters in painting from the [[Glasgow School of Art]], in Scotland (1970-76). Later he earned a second Masters degree from [[Notre Dame University]] in the United States (1988).


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
McCay’s paintings are rich in color and composition and combine abstract and figurative elements. They reflect the influence of the Scottish and German [[Expressionism|expressionists]], American [[Abstract_expressionism|abstract expressionists]], as well as that of the Bay Area Painters. Painters of particular influence in McCay’s work include Soutine, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_(painter) Francis Bacon], Hockney, Kokoschka, Rauschenberg, Motherwell, Rothko, Diebenkorrn, and Nathan Oliveira.


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
McCay has participated in many individual and group exhibitions and received many awards. He participated in exhibits at the London Royal Academy, Glasgow Royal Institute, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Royal Academy, Sydney College of Fine Arts, as well as in individual and group exhibits in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Savannah, and Boston, in the USA.


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
In the words of Dr. Michael Kissane, Art Historian, "It is never difficult in McCay's work to enjoy the distinctive Scottish character that permeates the work. The Scottish colorists and gutsiness of expressionists such as Mctaggart, Gillies and Redpath have all been influences and provided resource to him in his early training at the Glasgow School of Art, one of the historically great Art schools of Europe. His work also recalls the resillience and disparate thought of the likes of Motherwell, Morley, Kokoscha and Soutine.
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
McCay's seemingly uncanny command of both color and composition is given full vent in both his Piano and Tablescape series. His works are no pedestrian record of mechanical reality, they are a reality subordinated by innovation that is never simply an invitation just to 'see' but to experience; They are a refreshing and powerful evocation that constantly provide visual surprises and the transient expression of moving forms, great painting, a theatrical treat."
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
McCay is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. His national and international exhibition record includes: London's Royal Academy, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, The Edinburgh International Festival, The Edinburgh Royal Academy, The London Institute, "Arthaus 11,' Sydney College of Fine Arts, Australia, and the Irish College for the Humanities.
McCay was included in the 2001 Art in America list of museums, galleries and artists (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_8_89/ai_77285428/pg_3).
He is currently Dean of Academic Affairs for the New Hampshire Institute of Art (http://www.nhia.edu/faculty_listing.php?id=200&step=9) and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Irish College for the Humanities (http://www.iol.ie/~ichkerry/faculty.htm).


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
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Image:nyt008copy.jpg|Symphonic Prelude I
Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
Image:nyt009copy.jpg|Quintet
Image:nyt015copy.jpg|Zinc Duet Landscape
Image:145_4539.JPG|Orchestral Passages I
Image:Mccayt011copy.jpg |Tablescapes I
Image:04970001.JPG | Zebra Beach
Image:04970002.JPG | Untitled
Image:04970004.JPG | Untitled
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.askart.com/AskART/interest/base_essay.aspx?id=80&glossary=1&pg=style Bay Area Figurative School]


*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
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*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]


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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

External links

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