1. Jules Dalou was the pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who sponsored him for the Petite Ecole, where he sympathized with Alphonse Legros and Fantin-Latour.
13 Facts About Jules Dalou
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Jules Dalou combined the vivacity and richness of Carpeaux, for "he was, technically, one of the most distinguished modellers of his time", with the academic insistence on harmonious outlines and scholarly familiarity with the work of Giambologna, Pierre Puget, Peter Paul Rubens and others.
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Jules Dalou's politics obstructed his career under the Second Empire: he was repeatedly refused the Prix de Rome that opened sculptors' careers to future official commissions.
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Jules Dalou made a quiet living providing decorative sculpture for the structures that lined Paris's new boulevards and providing wax models for jewelry.
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Jules Dalou married Irma Vuillier, a partnership that sustained him throughout his life.
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Jules Dalou rapidly made a name through his appointment teaching at the South London Technical Art School and the South Kensington School of Art, in London.
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Jules Dalou was convicted in absentia by the French government of participation in the Commune, and given a life sentence.
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Jules Dalou recommended his friend and colleague Edouard Lanteri to move from France to England.
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Jules Dalou was commissioned to produce the large public fountain called Charity, erected at the back of the Royal Exchange, and for Queen Victoria a monument to two young granddaughters in her private chapel at Windsor.
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Jules Dalou returned to France in 1879, after the declaration of amnesty, and produced a number of masterpieces.
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Jules Dalou, who was awarded the Grand Prix of the Exposition Universelle, was made a commander of the Legion of Honor.
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Jules Dalou was one of the founders of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and was the first president of the sculpture section.
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Jules Dalou died in Paris on 15 April 1902, aged 63, and was interred in the Cimetiere du Montparnasse in Paris.