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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

Ugolin et ses fils - Ugolino and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)[[1]] with versions in other museums including the Musée d'Orsay
The Dance (commissioned for the Opera Garnier)
Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - Neapolitan Fisherboy - in the Louvre, Paris [[2]]
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, 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

A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)
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)
A page analysing Carpeaux's Ugolino, with numerous illustrations

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+[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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+[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|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 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.
-[[Image:Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly 1815 edited.jpg|thumb|275px|The facade of the Egyptian Hall in 1815.]]
+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.
-[[Image:Egyptian Hall redesigned by JB Papworth.jpg|thumb|275px|The Great Room of the Egyptian Hall as redesigned by [[John Buonarotti Papworth|JB Papworth]], 1819.]]
+== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
-The '''Egyptian Hall''' in [[Piccadilly]], [[London]] was originally commissioned by [[William Bullock (collector)|William Bullock]] as a museum to house his collection (which included curiosities brought back from the [[South Sea]]s by [[Captain Cook]]). It was one of the first buildings in [[England]] to be influenced by the [[Ancient Egyptian architecture|Egyptian]] style, inspired by the growth of awareness in [[Europe]] of the various temples on the [[Nile]], the [[Pyramids]] and the [[Sphinx]]. Bullock used the hall to put on various spectaculars, from which he made money from ticket sales. The Hall was Completed in [[1812]] at a cost of £16,000. The museum was variously referred to as the London Museum, the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum.
+* 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]]
-The Hall was a considerable success, during the exhibition of [[Napoleonic era]] relics in 1816 (which included [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]'s carriage taken at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]) Bullock made £35,000. In 1819, Bullock sold his collection and converted the museum into an exhibition hall.  Subequently the Hall became a major venue for the exhibiting of works of art. In 1820, [[Benjamin Robert Hayden]] rented the Hall to show his painting, ''[[Christ]]'s Entry into Jerusalem''. In 1821, the Egyptian Hall was the venue for [[Belzoni]]'s exhibition of the tomb of [[Seti I]] in 1821. Bookseller [[George Lackington]], became owner of the Hall in 1825 and went on to use the facilities to show panoramas, art exhibits, and entertainment productions.
+* 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]]
+* Girl with Shell
+* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]
+==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
-The Hall became especially associated with watercolours. The Old Water-Colour Society exhibited there in 1821–22 and it was hired by [[Charles Heath]] to display the watercolours commissioned by from [[Joseph Mallord William Turner]] forming ''Picturesque Views in England and Wales''.  Turner exhibited at the Hall for a number of years and it was also used as a venue for exhibitions by the [[Society of Painters in Water Colours]].
+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.]]
-In the "Dudley Gallery" at the Egyptian Hall, the valuable collection of pictures belonging to the [[Earl of Dudley]] was deposited during the erection of his own gallery at Dudley House in [[Park Lane]]. The room gave its name to the [[Dudley Gallery Art Society]] (also known as The Old Dudley Art Society) when they were founded in 1861 and used it for their exhibitions. It was the venue chosen for their first exhibitions by the influential [[New English Art Club]].
+Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
-By the end of the [[19th century]], the Hall was also associated with [[Magic (illusion)|magic]] and [[spiritualism]] as a number of performers had hired it for shows.  It was also the venue chosen for the showing of some of the first ever [[film]]s (or animated photographs) to be shown.
+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]].
-In [[1905]], the Egyptian Hall was demolished and the office block at 170–173 Piccadilly was built on the site. Muirhead Bone captured its demise in his work ''The Dissolution of Egyptian Hall''.
-==See also==
+==External links==
-*[[Egyptian Revival architecture]]
+*[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)]
-== External links ==
+*[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.magicexhibit.org/images/photo_H02-03.jpg External photograph]
+*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
-* [http://www.georgianindex.net/Bullocks/Egyptian_Hall.html History and internal and external images]
-* [http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/EgyptianHallPiccadilly.htm History of the Egyptian Hall]
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