Die gefesselte Aktion
Aristide Maillol
1905
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
ca.: 215 × 100 × 95 cm, 352 kg
Classification
Standbild
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
2883
About this artwork
Entstanden als Denkmal für Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881) in Puget-Théniers bei Grenoble.
About the Artist
Aristide Maillol
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) was a French sculptor, painter, and printmaker born in the coastal village of Banyuls-sur-Mer in Roussillon. From a young age, he aspired to be an artist, moving to Paris in 1881 despite living in poverty. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in 1883 and was accepted into the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in 1885, where he trained under the academic masters J...