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Joseph Chinard
(1836-1932)
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Neoclassical sculptor Joseph Chinard was
born in Lyon, France and received his first artistic
training in Rome at a government operated school, and
later in a workshop. He remained in Rome from 1784-1787,
at the same time maintaining his social elite patrons
and their commissions from Lyons. |
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Bust of Mme Recamier, 1801-1802
Bust of Mmc Recamier, back view
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his life, he would live between France and Italy, and
was constantly busy with work in both places. Chinard’s
sculpture gained much notoriety from the Italian Church,
as well as Napoleon’s family and was commissioned three
times to create sculptures for them. |
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Bust of Empress Josephine, 1805-1806
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Chinard was fond of
working in terra cotta to create his sculptures of
French nobility, as seen here in “Portrait of a
Bourgeois”. |
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Portrait of a Bourgeois
Bust of General Guillaume Brun, 1800
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The Roman influence is
very obvious in works by Chinard, which is probably why
his beautiful style was so highly sought after. Some of
his works were also a nod to the new Republic formed in
France and his support of it. |
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The Republic
Woman Supported on a Cippes
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Today many of his
works are housed in the Louvre and in private family
collections in France and Italy alike. He was a highly
sought after sculptor in his day and left a massive
oeuvre behind him, which included busts, statuettes,
medallions and full-sized statues. |
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Young Harpist
Right Profile of a man, medallion |
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