Theophile-Francois-Marcel Bra
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Theophile-Francois-Marcel Bra |
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Douai, France |
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French |
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1797 |
| Death: |
1863 |
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Sculpture
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Biography
| Bra was the son of the sculptor Eustache-Marie-Joseph Bra (1772-1840) and studied in Paris under Pierre-Charles Provided and Jean-Baptiste Stouf. He competed without success for the Prix de Rome in 1816 and 1817, won a second prize in 1818 with its relief Chelonis asking her husband Cleombotte. However, he enjoyed early success in the Hall; after that the cast of its Aristodemus their daughters Tomb had shown in 1819, a version marble was commissioned by the State, it was exhibited in the 1822 Salon. In addition, Bra showed a cast of its Ulises on Calypsos Isle in the Hall of 1822, which resulted in a commission of marble version of the same topic. In this colossal figure, Bra avoids outward drama in favor of a calm, meditative attitude. The commissions he received from State under the Bourbon Restoration and during the Monarchy July included statues of an angel (1833-5) and St Amelia (1835-8) de la Madeleine, in Paris; spandrel reliefs of a Grenadier and a Chasseur (1833-5) of the Arc de Triomphe to take, Paris; and work for the Colonne de la Grande Armee in Boulogne. Bra was associated with Saint Simonian, Christian Socialist and Somnambulist groups, and prophesied an exalted role for the arist in a society perfected. He worked on literary annotations, accompanied by eccentric, visonary pen and ink drawings, are kept in the Bibliotheque Municipale, Douai. After 1847, he worked in Lille, especially in the fronton Hotel de Ville (1849-50), but his last years were spent in Douai. |
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