Jacques, Napoléon |
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BORN 12 May 1804, Paris - DIED 28 Mar 1876, Paris: 10e BIRTH NAME Jacques, Théodore Joseph Napoléon GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 27, chemin du Dragon, ligne 01 (Moroux: S-29)) |
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Napoléon Jacques studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where was a pupil of Pierre Cartellier (1757-1831) and Jean Pierre Cortot (1787-1843). He won the second Prix de Rome in 1832. From 1833 to 1858 he worked in Russia, mainly in St Petersburg. In Russia he created realistic images of ordinary people. He is best known for a bronze statue of Tsar Peter the Great that was placed in Kronstadt. He also created of the Atlanteans on the portico of the New Hermitage in St Petersburg. Jacques became a member of the Russian Academy of Arts, but he probably returned to France because he did not receive a promised professorship. Backin France he obtained a medal of honuor at the Salon des artistes français in 1861. He died in Paris in 1876. Related persons • was pupil of Cartellier, Pierre |
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 The grave of Napoléon Jacques at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2018) |
Sources • Cimetière du Père Lachaise - APPL - JACQUES Napoléon (1804-1876) • French-Russian sculptor lived in Russia for 25 years , mid 19th century |
