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The Frick Collection

David d'Angers
David d'Angers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Frick Collection:

 "David d'Angers (1788–1856): Making the Modern Monument
September 17, 2013 to December 8, 2013


Lauded by Victor Hugo as the Michelangelo of Paris, French sculptor Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788–1856) produced many of the most iconic portraits and ambitious public monuments of the Romantic era. An experimental writer, outspoken Republican, and teacher to some of the greatest sculptors of the nineteenth century, David d’Angers cultivated friendships with an array of contemporary artists, writers, scientists, and politicians, from Honoré de Balzac and Niccolò Paganini to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Eugène Delacroix. This exhibition assembles some forty-five works by David on paper and in wax, terracotta, marble, bronze, and plaster, as well as rare nineteenth-century reproductions of his work in photographs and engravings."


1 E 70th St  New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-0700


The Frick Collection is open Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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