Artist: Jean-antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828)
Nationality: French
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Jean-Antoine Houdon learned his trade in Paris under sculptors Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. He won the Prix de Rome and worked there from 1764 to 1768 where he was influenced by antiquity and Renaissance sculpture, primarily Michelangelo. He worked with marble, bronze, plaster, and clay. Houdon joined the Academie Royale in 1771 and became a professor seven years later. He created numerous portrait busts that were appreciated for their realism and personality. Houdon visited the United States in 1785 at the request of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin where he spent fourteen days at Mount Vernon creating a statue of George Washington. He barely survived the French Revolution and retired in 1814.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Bust of Voltaire, 1781
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Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Sabine Houdon, Portrait Bust, 18th century (1788) By Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828)French (Paris); Made in
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Voltaire 1778 marble National Gallery of Art French
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington 1786-1793 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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Jean Antoine Houdon - The Comtesse du Cayla 1777 marble The Frick Collection French
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Alexandre Brongniart 1777 marble National Gallery of Art French
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Jean Antoine Houdon - Diana the Huntress 1776-95 terracotta The Frick Collection French
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Louise Brongniart 1777 marble National Gallery of Art French
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Benjamin Franklin c. 1778 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington c. 1786 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Aymard-Jean de Nicolay, Premier President de la Chambre des Comptes 1779 marble Kimbell Art Museum French
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Jean Antoine Houdon - Armand-Thomas Hue, Marquis de Miromesnil 1777 marble The Frick Collection French
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Bust of Christoph Willibald Gluck c. 1775 terracotta Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Antoine-Jean Gros - Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal 1824 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jean Antoine Houdon - Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domageville de Serilly, Comtesse de Pange n.d. marble The Art Institute of Chicago French
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Antoine Trouvain, Portrait of Jean Jouvenet, 1707
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Antoine Lepine, Pocket Watch, 1715 - 1777
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , Le Lorqneur, 17th - 18th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Jean-Antoine Houdon, French, 1741-1828 Bust of Thomas Jefferson France, (Paris), 1789 Marble 54.5 cm (21
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , The Fortune Teller, circa 1710
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , Quadrille (La Contredanse), 1716 - 1719
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Baptist Masse, Portrait of Antoine Coypel, 1717
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , Profile Head of a Woman, circa 1720
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , The Foursome (La Partie Quarree), circa 1713
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , A Fete in the Garden, 17th - 18th century
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Jean-Antoine Watteau , Man dressed in a cape, 17th - 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , Study of Two Persian Diplomats, circa 1715 - 1720
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Asher Brown Durand, Washington. From Houdon"s Bust, 1833
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Antoine Watteau , Concert champÍtre (Venetian Landscape), circa 1715
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux - Portrait of Antoine Vollon 1873 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery French
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Henri Cless, Louis Antoine Bougainville, 19th century
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Jean-Antoine Watteau , Scene on the River Bievre, 17th - 18th century
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Jean-Antoine Watteau , Children Imitating a Triumphal Procession, circa 1705 - 1710
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Jean-Antoine Watteau , Group of Comedia del"arte Figures, 17th - 18th century
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Jean Hippolyte Flandrin - Madame Louis Antoine de Cambourg 1846 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Cascade Attributed to Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)Oil on wood; Diameter 8 1/2 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Peasant Dance Attributed to Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)Oil on wood; Diameter 8 1/2
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Jean Joseph Vaudechamp - Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville 1833 oil on canvas Louisiana State Museum French
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1795 Attributed to Jean Antoine Laurent (French, 1763-1832)Ivory; Octagonal,

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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J. Paul Getty Center: Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment
More than 70 Houdon sculptures, created in marble, bronze, terracotta, and plaster, have been brought together for the first time in nearly two centuries, demonstrating the remarkable degree of insight and physical accuracy that the sculptor incor...
Museum of Fine Art Houston: Art of Rome in the 18th Century
In the 18th century, Rome's civic and religious leaders commissioned exceptional artists from throughout Europe to construct and embellish churches, palaces, fountains, public ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Jean-Antoine Houdon Online
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jean-Antoine Houdon
Jean-Antoine Houdon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
Jean-Antoine Houdon (Getty Museum)
Jean-Antoine Houdon (Getty Exhibitions)
Jean-Antoine Houdon - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
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