Paul Cabet
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Nuits
Nuits, also known as Nuits-sur-Armançon, is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....
, Yonne
Yonne
Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....
- 1876, Paris), was a French
France
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sculptor. He was the pupil of François Rude
François Rude
François Rude was a French sculptor. He was the stepfather of Paul Cabet, a sculptor.Born in Dijon, he worked at his father's trade as a stovemaker till the age of sixteen, but received training in drawing from François Devosges, where he learned that a strong, simple contour was an invaluable...
, his stepfather. Having achieved his own fame, he was the author of the statue known under the name of Résistance as a witness to the heroic fightings in Dijon during the 1870 war and other statues located in the Musée d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,...
in Paris.
Main works
- Saint Martin partageant son manteau, Musée d'Orsay
- Mil huit cent soixante et onze, Musée d'Orsay
- Chant et Poésie, Musée d'Orsay
- Désespoir, Musée d'Orsay
- Résistance
- Suzanne surprise au bain, 1861, Musée d'Orsay