Background
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière was born in Toulouse, France on September 7, 1831.
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière was born in Toulouse, France on September 7, 1831.
Falguière studied in Paris with Carrier-Belleuse and François Jouffroy.
Falguière's work is characterized to a high degree by Naturalism. This quality is seen at its best in the spirited Cock-Fight Winner (Bucharest); in its sensuous aspects in numerous female figures, among them Diana (Luxembourg Museum); and least effectively in Lyric Poetry (Opéra-Comique, (Opera-Comique, Paris), and similar monuments.