George Washington / Jean Antoine Houdon
















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Title(s):
George Washington
Creator(s):
Jean Antoine Houdon (Artist)
Culture:
French
Date:
1785
Materials/Techniques:
Seravezza marble
Classification:
Object Type:
Accession No:
09.4
Previous Number(s):
0976.4; 24570
Department:
Not On View
- Height: 24 3/4in. (62.9cm)
- Width: 14 1/2in. (36.8cm)
- Depth: 13 1/4in. (33.7cm)
Creator:
Role(s):
Artist
Names (all):
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
Birth Date:
1741
Death Date:
1828
Nationalities:
French (culture or style)
Roles:
French sculptor, 1741-1828
Gender:
male
Events:
- active (professional function)
1764-1767
Note:
Houdon studied under Slodtz, Pigalle, and Lemoyne at the ancienne école académique and at the age of twenty won the Prix de Rome. Three years later, Houdon obtained a residency at the Académie de France in Rome, and in Italy, he discovered the newly uncovered works at Herculaneum and Pompeii as well as works of the Renaissance sculptors, especially Michelangelo. A year after his return to Paris in 1768, Houdon was received into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. In 1771, Houdon became a member of the Académie, presenting his marble 'Morpheus' as his reception piece; Houdon was named professor at the Académie in 1778. Throughout his career, he moved easily between a style of controlled classicism and a baroque dynamism, adapting the treatment to the nature of the subject. His work also displays a rigorous realism, inspired by quattrocentro sculpture and based on in-depth anatomical studies. His sense of classical restraint coupled with an incisive understanding of and ability to depict human character give Houdon's portraits their particular vitality and reflective expression. French sculptor. Comment on works: Sculptor
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French sculptor, 1775-1837 - Slodtz, René-Michel, student of - person
French sculptor, 1705-1764 - Lemoyne, Jean Baptiste, the elder, apprentice of - person
French sculptor, ca. 1679-1731 - Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste, apprentice of - person
French sculptor, 1714-1785 - Louis XVI, King of France, patron was - person
French king, 1754-1793 - Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, patron was - person
French emperor, 1769-1821 - Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, member of - person/firm/group
French fine arts academy, 1648-1793
Signed, "Houdon" on back edge of bust at right shoulder
American, American Revolution (event), Bust, Classical influence, colonial, commander-in-chief of the Continental army, confident, cream, eyeballs, farmer, founding father, general, General George Washington, general in the Continental army, George Washington, hairstyles, long hair, looking up, male, man, marble, musculature, politician, portrait, post-Hadrianic influence, president, President George Washington, President of the United States, Roman influence, staring, stoic, thinking, Virginia, white
Houdon, Jean. George Washington. 09.4. 1785. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/094 (05/02/2016).
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