March 10–May 26, 2014
Exhibition Programs (PDF)
This
major retrospective explores the life and work of the exceptionally gifted,
deeply tormented sculptor who defined the heady atmosphere of the Second Empire
in France (1852–1871). The first full-scale exhibition in thirty-nine years
devoted to Carpeaux (1827–1875), it features about 150 works including
sculptures, paintings, and drawings, which are organized around the major
projects that the artist undertook during his brief and stormy career. Major
international loans that have never before traveled to the United States, or
have not been here for decades, come from the Musée d'Orsay; Musée des
Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes (Carpeaux's birthplace); the Louvre, Petit Palais, and
other French institutions; and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.
Important loans also come from the Getty in Los Angeles and from private
collections.
Carpeaux
is best known today for a single masterpiece, the Metropolitan Museum's own Ugolino and His Sons, yet he was a multifaceted
and prolific artist. A sculptor of emotion, both grand and intimate, he was
drawn to extremes from Michelangelo to Watteau while retaining respectful
admiration for his peers in French sculpture. A precursor to Rodin and a host
of other early modern sculptors, he imbued his work with strong movement and
visceral drive. He strove for anatomical realism in all media, but especially
in his marble sculptures and busts, which seem to capture flesh and blood in
stone.
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