JeanAntoine Houdon, le sculpteur des Lumières

JeanAntoine Houdon, Summer 1785 Marble, height 155 cm Musée Fabre

Jean-Antoine Houdon (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃n‿ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]) (25 March 1741 - 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment.

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French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon, however, took a different approach to this subject. Rather than an elderly man, Houdon depicts winter as a young girl. Houdon's Winter stands nude, hunched and shivering. Her head and shoulders are covered by a large, yet ineffective, shawl.

Winter Jean Antoine Houdon 62.55 Work of Art Heilbrunn Timeline

Details Title: Winter Creator: Jean Antoine Houdon Date Created: 1787 Physical Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 56 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 19 7/8 in., Wt. 438 lb., 15 in. (143.5 x 39.1 x 50.5 cm,.

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Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828). Winter, 1787. Bronze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Kate Trubee Daison, 1962 (62.55). Striving to preserve her body heat, a young woman huddles beneath her inadequate shawl with arms folded across her chest and legs drawn together.

After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon Voltaire (Marie François Arouet

Page of Winter (The Cold Girl) by HOUDON, Jean-Antoine in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting, sculpture and architecture (200. HOUDON, Jean-Antoine (b. 1741, Versailles, d. 1828, Paris) Winter (The Cold Girl) 1783 Marble, height 145 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier: The marble figure goes back.

JeanAntoine Houdon, 'Winter,' 1787. Metropolitan Museum o… Flickr

An American hero sculpted by a foreigner. Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1788-92, marble, 6' 2" high (State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia) After the successful conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, many state governments turned to public art to commemorate this momentous occasion. Given his.

'Winter' by Jean Antoine Houdon 1787 Adam Walthall Flickr

About the work Jean-Antoine Houdon Winter, 1787 Bronze 56 1/2 × 15 3/8 × 19 7/8 in | 143.5 × 39.1 × 50.5 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Get notifications for similar works Want to sell a work by this artist? Sell with Artsy Artist Series Related artists

JeanAntoine Houdon, le sculpteur des Lumières

Winter is a bronze statue of a young woman cast by 18th century neoclassical sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon in 1787. Houdon intended the statue to be an allegory of the winter season. This intent is reflected in both the medium (a cold, dark bronze) and features of the sculpture.

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Page of Winter by HOUDON, Jean-Antoine in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting, sculpture and architecture (200-1900). Houdon conveys a strong sense of the bitterness of winter's weather, but also gave him a golden opportunity to reveal a girl's naked charms..

JeanAntoine Houdon, le sculpteur des Lumières

Brotherhood [2018] Directed by: Meryam Joobeur. Written by: Meryam Joobeur. Produced by: Maria Gracia Turgeon, Habib Attia. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. 'Winter' was created by Jean-Antoine Houdon in Neoclassicism style. Find more prominent pieces of.

Jean Antoine Houdon Winter French, Paris The Metropolitan Museum

Artists Jean-Antoine Houdon Jean-Antoine Houdon French Sculptor Born: March 20, 1741 - Versailles, France Died: July 15, 1828 - Paris, France Movements and Styles: Neoclassicism , Naturalism Jean-Antoine Houdon Summary Accomplishments Important Art Biography Influences and Connections Useful Resources

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HOUDON, Jean-Antoine (b. 1741, Versailles, d. 1828, Paris) Winter 1787 Bronze, height 144 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this figure, one of Houdon's most arresting nude figures, may date as early as 1781, when Houdon proposed to make pendant figures of winter and summer.

JeanAntoine Houdon, "L'Été" (1785). Esculturas

Jean-Antoine Houdon ( French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]; [1] 20 March 1741 - 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor . Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment.

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Artist: Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741-1828 Paris) Date: 1778 Culture: French Medium: Marble Dimensions: Overall (weight confirmed): 23 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/4 in., 87 lb. (58.7 × 36.8 × 28.6 cm, 39.5 kg); Height (without base): 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Gift of John Bard, 1872 Accession Number: 72.6

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Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) is a well-known French sculptor. His works are influenced by the Enlightenment to showcase virtues of simplicity, grace, and nature. Houdon even drew inspiration from the baroque, antiquity, and naturalism . He's quite versatile, no?