Henri Joseph Ruxthiel

Mjesto: Lierneux

Rođen: 1775

Smrt: 1837

Biografija:

Henri-Joseph Rutxhiel was a Belgian sculptor. He belonged to the neoclassicism movement.
He was first shepherd, then sculptor in his late life. In 1800, he became the pupil of Jean-Antoine Houdon, then that of sculptor Philippe-Laurent Roland and the painter Jacques-Louis David. In 1809, he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a relief Dédale attachant des ailes à son fils Icare and then went to the Villa Medici.

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