Camille Alaphilippe
Encyclopedia
Camille Alaphilippe is a French
sculptor.
At the age of 19, he was the pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens
and Louis-Ernest Barrias
to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
of Paris
.
In 1898, at 24, he won the first great Prix de Rome
in sculpture with a statue on the subject Caïn après la mort d'Abel poursuivi par la vengeance céleste or Caïn après la mort d'Abel entend la malédiction de l'Éternel.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sculptor.
At the age of 19, he was the pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Laurens , was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style.Born in Fourquevaux, he was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Bida...
and Louis-Ernest Barrias
Louis-Ernest Barrias
Louis-Ernest Barrias was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school.He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter...
to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
In 1898, at 24, he won the first great Prix de Rome
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
in sculpture with a statue on the subject Caïn après la mort d'Abel poursuivi par la vengeance céleste or Caïn après la mort d'Abel entend la malédiction de l'Éternel.
Main works
- Caïn après la mort d'Abel poursuivi par la vengeance céleste, 1898, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
- La Consolation, 1901
- Mystères douloureux, 1905, Mirabeau garden in Tours
- La Femme au singe, 1908, museum of Petit PalaisPetit PalaisThe Petit Palais is a museum in Paris, France. Built for the Universal Exhibition in 1900 to Charles Girault's designs, it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts ....
in Paris - Monument aux morts de Philippeville, SkikdaSkikdaSkikda is a city in north eastern Algeria and a port on the Gulf of Stora, the ancient Sinus Numidicus. It was known as Philippeville until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962...
in Algeria, transferred to ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...