Maillol

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French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944)

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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. Aristide Maillol

Mademoiselle, I am told that you look like a Renoir and Maillol [as a model]. I would be happy with a Renoir. Aristide Maillol

Maillol, The River, bronze, 1938-1943, (displayed in Barcelona ) in 2009 In July 1896, Maillol married Clotilde Narcis, one of his employees at his tapestry workshop. Source: Internet

"Aristide Maillol", Oxford Art Online He died in Banyuls at the age of eighty-three, in an automobile accident. Source: Internet

Gauguin encouraged his growing interest in decorative art, an interest that led Maillol to take up tapestry design. Source: Internet

Josep Pla said of Maillol, "These archaic ideas, Greek, were the great novelty Maillol brought into the tendency of modern sculpture. Source: Internet

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