Le Figaro — Jean-baptiste Carpeaux

Le Figaro


Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux was a celebrated 19th-century French sculptor known for his dynamic and emotionally charged works like "La Danse" and "Ugolino and His Sons." He masterfully blended realism with Baroque influences, capturing movement and human expression in marble and bronze.

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In 1873, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux served on the jury for a competition sponsored by the French newspaper Le Figaro, reviewing proposals for sculpture that would decorate its new building. Inspired by the project, Carpeaux created his own figure of Figaro, the witty and ingenious character of eighteenth-century comedy and opera. The graceful attitude of this figure is characteristic of Carpeaux