Antoine-Augustin Préault (October 6, 1809 - January 11, 1879) was a French sculptor of the "Romantic" movement. Born in the Marais district of Paris, he was better known during his lifetime as "Auguste Préault.
Biography
A student of David d'Angers, Préault first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1833. He was not favorably looked upon by some of the artistic community's elite due to his outspokenness and because he was part of the circle of activists who participated in the French Revolution of 1830. During that period of turmoil, Préault's studio was vandalized and many of his plaster models were destroyed. As a result of these circumstances his work has been largely overshadowed by his contemporaries.[1]
Antoine-Augustin Préault died in Paris in 1879 and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Words of nineteenth century critic describing Préault's work.
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Comments by Musée d'0rsay at time of exhibition held on Preault's work.
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Works
Note
Préault is buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery. [57]
Gallery
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Tomb of Charles-Michel de L'Épée by Antoine-Augustin Préault in the Saint-Roch church in Paris.
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"Cavalier gaulois" by Antoine-Augustin Préault. Sculpture on Pont d'Iéna
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The head of Jacques Coeur. Jacques Coeur's statue by Préault is located in Bourges.
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Antoine-Augustin Préault medallion on Rouvière's tomb.
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Antoine-Augustin Préault medallion on the tomb of Desnoyers in Père-Lachaise cemetery.
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Statue of the architect J.H. Mansart at Versailles by Antoine-Augustin Préault.
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Antoine-Augustin Préault's statue of André Le Nôtre a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France. He was most notably responsible for the construction of the park of the Palace of Versailles
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Preault's composition "Vague"- Study of the contorted body of a water-sprite
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Préault's enigmatic composition called "Le Silence" used on the tomb of Jacob Roblès
References A
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^ [1] Retrieved 1 February 2014
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^ Critical comment The J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2014
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^ Musée d'Orsay Retrieved 1 February 2014
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^ "Paul Huet". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Eugène Delacroix". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Sara Stephann". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Le Docteur Devarennes". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Jean-Barthélémy Hauréau". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Arthur de Beauvoisy". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Christophe Pittermann". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Tête de jeune homme". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Lelia". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Auguste Vacquerie". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Robespierre". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Thomas Shotter Boys". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ La Mendicité. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ Vénus et le Sphinx "Vénus et le Sphinx". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Jupiter et le Sphinx". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Croix de chemin in Ingouville". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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^ "The tomb of the actor Rouvière". Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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^ "Bust of Nicolas Poussin". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Le Silence". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Le Silence". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Église Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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^ "St Catherine". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ La Tuerie "La Tuerie". Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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^ [2] Retrieved 4 February .2014
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^ "Monument to the Morin-Chalon Family". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Vague". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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^ "Theodore Gericault". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Aulus Vitellius". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Adam Mickiewicz". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ [3] Retrieved 3 February 2014
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^ Guerre Retrieved 3 February 2014
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^ André Chénier "André Chénier". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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^ "Louvre". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Louvre". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Louvre". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ Les Arts "Louvre". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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^ "Louvre". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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^ "The Louvre angels". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Hirshhorn museum". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "La Madeleine". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Sculpture of Mary Magdalenen See figure 9 in article". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ Clémence Isaure Retrieved 1 February 2014
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^ "Clémence Isaure". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ Clémence Isaure Retrieved 1 February 2014
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^ Clémence Isaure Retrieved 2 February 2014
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^ "Statue of Jacques Coeur". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Jacques Coeur". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "François Séverin Marceau". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Ondine". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ Ophelia Retrieved 2 February 2014
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^ "Ophelie". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Dante". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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^ "Statue of St.Valère". Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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^ "Details of burial". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
References B
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Auguste Préault : sculpteur romantique, . Author: compilation. (1997) Gallimard
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