03 — ARTWORK
Ludwig van Beethoven
BOURDELLE, Émile-Antoine · 1903 →
- MEDIUM
- Bronze, 68 x 34 x 35 cm (with plinth)
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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Between 1887 and 1929, Bourdelle created 45 sculptures and many drawings and watercolours of Ludwig van Beethoven. Whereas the earlier works, produced in the late 1880s, were quite traditional in appearance, those created after 1901 are rougher and more disturbing. The present version, presented at the 1903 SalonIn the French language of the 18th and 19th centuries it designated an actual exhibition space, as well as the academic art exhibitions staged in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre since 1667. From 1737, the exhibitions took place biennially and, after the French Revolution, annually in the Salon Carré of the Louvre in Paris. Towards the end of the 19th century the official Salon jury was dissolved in order to make way for a committee of state-approved artists, i.e. former Salon members, who created the highly influential Société des Artistes Français. in Paris, shows Beethoven with a serious, introverted expression. The wild hair surrounding his head is the first indication of the extreme, rugged forms of the following variations. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 6 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/beethoven/beethoven_prometheus.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), overture op. 43</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Ludwig van Beethoven by BOURDELLE, Émile-Antoine},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdelle-mile-antoine-r570e6c401beba9/ludwig-van-beethoven-r174c35b14dc2f3},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
OTHER WORKS BY ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE
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