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Aristide Maillol is best known as a sculptor of the female figure, but his artistic talents were widespread. His early career began as a painter. He was accepted at the École des beaux Arts in 1885 and trained under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel. He later became aquainted with Paul Gauguin and the group of artists who became the Nabis. In addition, he found inspiration in medieval tapestries and opened a tapestry studio near his home in Banyuls in the south of France in 1893.
By the turn of the century, Maillol's vision problems caused him to give up tapestry and turn to sculpture full-time. A trip to Greece in 1908 provided him with an opportunity to study antique statuary and lead into the most productive period of his career. His simplified, classical treatment of the female figure received praise from his peers and Nabis patrons. Aside from paintings, tapestries, and sculptures, Maillol's oeuvre includes prints-- often of the same feminine archteypes presented in his three-dimensional work. He also produced woodcut illustrations for publications of Greek and Roman literature including Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics.
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- TMS data, DMA electronic record (2000.23), n.d.
- Ronald Alley, "Aristide Maillol, biography," in Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists, London: Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 1981, p.465.
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Born- Banyuls-sur-Mer (France)
Worked- Banyuls-sur-Mer (France)- opened tapestry shop 1893, began making smal terracotta sculptures 1895,
Worked- Marly-le-Roi (France)
- Influential travel through- Greece, 1908
- Artist training- Paris (École des Beaux-Arts) under Jean-Leon Gerome and Alexandre Cabanel.
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265930986: UMO. [Caption] Aristide Maillol in 1925 photographed by Alfred Kuhn. Source: Ursel Berger u.a. (Hrsg.): Aristide Maillol, Prestel 1996, Wikimedia Commons, accessed July 18, 2016.
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General Description
Aristide Maillol is best known as a sculptor of the female figure, but his artistic talents were widespread. His early career began as a painter. He was accepted at the École des beaux Arts in 1885 and trained under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel. He later became aquainted with Paul Gauguin and the group of artists who became the Nabis. In addition, he found inspiration in medieval tapestries and opened a tapestry studio near his home in Banyuls in the south of France in 1893.
By the turn of the century, Maillol's vision problems caused him to give up tapestry and turn to sculpture full-time. A trip to Greece in 1908 provided him with an opportunity to study antique statuary and lead into the most productive period of his career. His simplified, classical treatment of the female figure received praise from his peers and Nabis patrons. Aside from paintings, tapestries, and sculptures, Maillol's oeuvre includes prints-- often of the same feminine archteypes presented in his three-dimensional work. He also produced woodcut illustrations for publications of Greek and Roman literature including Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics.
Drawn from
- TMS data, DMA electronic record (2000.23), n.d.
- Ronald Alley, "Aristide Maillol, biography," in Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists, London: Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 1981, p.465.
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Removed the TMS tags for 1960.70, 1977.57.FA, 2000.23.FA, 2001.33.
Removing the routed tag and resubmitting to Nicky as of January 31, 2017.
Added UMO tag for mobi701.
Add artist geographies
Born- Banyuls-sur-Mer (France)
Worked- Banyuls-sur-Mer (France)- opened tapestry shop 1893, began making smal terracotta sculptures 1895,
Worked- Marly-le-Roi (France)
- Influential travel through- Greece, 1908
- Artist training- Paris (École des Beaux-Arts) under Jean-Leon Gerome and Alexandre Cabanel.
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