(Emile) Antoine Bourdelle
Born 30 October 1861
Died 1 October 1929
Active: 1906 - 1928
Country of birth and death: France
Sculptor
Born at Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne. He left school at the age of 13 to work as a wood carver in his father's cabinet making shop. He learned drawing with the founder of the Ingres Museum in Montauban, then sculpture at the art school in Toulouse. At the age of 24 he won a scholarship to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Rodin was a great admirer of his work and appointed Bourdelle as a studio assistant. Bourdelle later became a teacher himself and had numerous pupils. He was a founder and vice-president of the Paris Salon des Tuileries, and in 1924 became a commander of the Legion of Honor. Antoine Bourdelle died at Le Vésinet, near Paris.
Works
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Fete Beethoven
1911
Kocherli
1921
Anatole France
1921
Rodin travaillant
1921
La victoire
1921
Sir James George Frazer, FRS
1923
Le bélier rétif
1925
Bacchante
1925
Melancholie
1925
Tête d'Apollon
1928
Femme en blouse
1928
Buste de Ingres
1928
Locations
Address 6 Avenue de Maine Paris France | View on map
1921 - 1929
Studio located at 16 Impasse du Maine Paris France | View on map
1911 - 1928
Presumed location of studio
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fifth, 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fifth, 1921
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
'Sir James George Frazer, FRS'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Ninth, 1925
'Le bélier rétif'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Second, 1928
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1922
Exhibited once, three works (Sir James George Frazer, bust, cat no. 1301; Anatole France, bust, bronze, cat. no. 1443; Surgeon Koeberle, bust, bronze, cat. no. 1444)
Exhibited at Exhibition of sculpture and drawings by Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (Leicester Galleries), 1930
February 1930
A posthumous exhibition the year after Bourdelle's death
Personal and Professional Connections
Employed as studio assistant (Rosa) Marguerite Milward
1929
After the death of her husband (date unknown) she worked as Bourdelle's studio assistant until his death. [Mrs. Marguerite Milward (Obituaries), The Times Wednesday, Feb 11, 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52543; col D]
Pupils included Marin Studin
1921 (Circa) - 1922 (Circa)
Teacher to (Rosa) Marguerite Milward
1905 (Circa)
Sources
Catalogue of the Sculpture by Marguerite Milward Exhibition, Platt Hall, Rusholme, Manchester, 1934
1934
p. 3
Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd., The Leicester Galleries. An index of 1422 catalogues of exhibitions of European Modern Art and 20th Century British Art, held between 1902 and 1977
http://www.ernestbrownandphillips.ltd.uk (accessed 17 July 2019)
Citing this record
'(Emile) Antoine Bourdelle', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1203434414, accessed 22 Sep 2023]
