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Historical Artist - �tienne Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791)
Etienne-Maurice Falconet first studied sculpture under J.B Lemoyne. He then adopted a style
that was purely Rococo. One of his famous works, The Bather, was typical of Falconet; erotic
nudes were his preferred subjects. He was director of the Sevres factory from 1757 to 1766 and
the business was also responsible for reproducing many of his sculptures in porcelain. Falconet
moved to Russia in 1766 and was recommended to Catherine II by Diderot. He remained there for
twelve years, completing his greatest sculpture under her patronage. It was an equestrian statue
of Peter the Great, unveiled in St. Petersburg in 1782. Falconet, however, had returned to
France in 1778. He had a stroke in 1783 that kept him from sculpting. He then began revising his
writings that were previously published in 1781. His best-known writing is Reflexions sur la
sculpture.
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