Who made “Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette”?

“Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette” was made by Alexandre Falguière in 1890.

Realism · Sculpture

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Realism: Academic art paints the same skill on idealised subjects; Impressionism keeps the modern subjects but breaks the paint into light, quick strokes.

Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (7 September 1831 – 20 April 1900) was a French sculptor and painter. Wikipedia

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“La Sasson”, 1892
“La statue de la Résistance”
“Autoportrait de Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière”, 1888
“Asia”, 1878
“The Poet Riding Pegasus”, 1897
“Baigneuse surprise by Alexandre Falguière”
“Buste of Jacques Gamelin”, 1898
“La femme au paon by Falguière-Ra 954”, 1890