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Article: A monument to Antoine Louis Barye.(Antoine Louis Barye, Eugene Guillaume )
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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On June 18, 1894, a crowd gathered in the small park on the southeastern tip of the Ile Saint-Louis in Paris to listen to Eugene Guillaume (1822-1905) dedicate a monument (Fig. 3) to Antoine Louis Barye, the French sculptor and painter who, during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, had popularized the art of the animalier, or specialist in animal subjects, in both France and abroad. Guillaume, an academic sculptor, had served as the titular president of the committee that erected the memorial, but much of the organizational work, including raising funds and overseeing construction, had fallen to an American expatriate, George A. Lucas (1824-1909). ...
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Dictionary definition: Barye, Antoine-Louis
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...Barye, Antoine-Louis (1796–1875). French sculptor, painter, and printmaker, born and active in Paris. Barye was the most famous animal ...
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