Aristide Maillol

Sculptor from France (1861-1944) · France · Artists · Died at 82

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A painter who didn't touch clay in earnest until his forties, then became one of the century's most influential sculptors - shaping how Picasso, Matisse, and Moore thought about form.

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A life in dates

1944Died27 September 19441939“Mademoiselle, I am told that you look like a Renoir and Maillol [as a model]. I would be happy with a Renoir.”In their wordsin his letter (1939) to his late model Dina Vierny; as quoted in Dictionary of artists’ models, Jill Berk Jiminez, Taylor and Francis 2001,Read the whole statement

“I seek beauty, not character. For me portraiture and statuary are completely opposed to each other.”In their wordsremark to his biographer Judith Cladel (1939 - 1944); as quoted in Dictionary of artists’ models, Jill Berk Jiminez, Taylor and FrancisRead the whole statement

“The particular does not interest me; I find meaning only in a general idea.”In their wordsp. 406Read the whole statement

“I have a weakness for Egyptian sculpture: its figures are sculptured gods, sculptured ideas. Very different in expression, Hindu sculpture is based on very similar assumptions..”In their wordsp. 406Read the whole statement

1887“He [ Renoir; Maillol made his bust] was very interested, watching me do his bust. He said to me: 'Every time you touch it, it becomes more alive.”In their words14 May 1887Quote in Maillol's letter, 14th May 1887; as cited in Renoir - his life and work, Francois Fosca, Book Club Associates /Thames and HudsonRead the whole statement

1861Born8 December 1861

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Rippl-Rónai Aristide Maillol 1899

Ce Soir 19441011 - Annonce mort Maillol

Cuisine de la Métairie (1)

Cuisine de la Métairie (2)

Die odyssee, con illustrazioni di aristide maillol, per insel-verlag, lipsia 1910 (coll. priv.) 01

Die odyssee, con illustrazioni di aristide maillol, per insel-verlag, lipsia 1910 (coll. priv.) 02

Etude d'une statuette de Maillol, A. Renoir, vers 1907 (1)

In their own words 10

Aristide Maillol

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Mademoiselle, I am told that you look like a Renoir and Maillol [as a model]. I would be happy with a Renoir.
1939, in his letter (1939) to his late model Dina Vierny; as quoted in Dictionary of artists’ models, Jill Berk Jiminez, Taylor and Francis 2001,, Own words
I seek beauty, not character. For me portraiture and statuary are completely opposed to each other.
1939, remark to his biographer Judith Cladel (1939 - 1944); as quoted in Dictionary of artists’ models, Jill Berk Jiminez, Taylor and Francis, Own words
The particular does not interest me; I find meaning only in a general idea.
1939, p. 406, Own words

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Awards

Commander of the Legion of Honour

About this person

Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol was born December 8, 1861, in French Catalonia. He started as a painter with a keen eye for decorative arts, working in that vein through his thirties. Only in his early forties did sculpture pull him in, and once it did, the shift was total. His forms carried enough weight that they bent the trajectories of Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Henry Moore. He died September 27, 1944, decades into the fame that had eluded him as a painter.

Country

France

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