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Louis-Ernest Barrias
French sculptor (1841–1905)
Louis-Ernest Barrias | |
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Louis-Ernest Barrias, c. 1899 | |
| Born | (1841-04-13)13 April 1841 Paris, France |
| Died | 4 February 1905(1905-02-04) (aged 63) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Jeune Fille de Bou Saada La Nature se dévoilant devant la Science |
| Movement | Romantic; Art Nouveau |
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 – 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school.
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In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome.
Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist style indebted to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Paris into a family of artists.
His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-