Jules Dalou is an 1883 bronze bust with green and brown patina. It shows Jules Dalou and was produced by his fellow-sculptor Auguste Rodin to mark Dalou's winning the medal of honour in 1882 when he first exhibited at the Paris Salon.
| Bust of Jules Dalou | |
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| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | 1883 |
| Medium | Bronze |
Friendship
editDalou and Rodin had met as students at the Petite Ècole and had become friends.[1] Rodin sent the work to Dalou in 1897 when the latter returned to France from London, but disagreements over it and Rodin's monument to Victor Hugo later ended the friendship.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Payne, Elizabeth H. (962). 'Jules Dalou, Friend of Rodin'. Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
- ^ (in Spanish) «Del Romanticismo al Surrealismo en Europa». Seis Siglos de Arte . Cien Grandes Maestros. Ciudad de México: Fundación Carso. 2005. ISBN 968-7794-30-5.
External links
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Media related to Jules Dalou by Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons
