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François Rude

1784 - 1855

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François Rude (4 January 1784 – 3 November 1855) was a French sculptor, best known for the Departure of the Volunteers, also known as La Marseillaise on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (1835–36). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Rude has received more than 186,096 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). François Rude is the 45th most popular sculptor (down from 40th in 2019), the 1,327th most popular biography from France (down from 1,175th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Sculptor.

François Rude was a French sculptor who is most famous for his work on the Arc de Triomphe.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, François Rude ranks 45 out of 189Before him are Gustav Vigeland, Jacopo della Quercia, César Manrique, Leochares, Eduardo Chillida, and Alcamenes. After him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Veit Stoss, Andrea della Robbia, Ivan Meštrović, Vera Mukhina, and Tilman Riemenschneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, François Rude ranks 13Before him are Marie-Antoine Carême, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and Leo von Klenze. After him are Rafael del Riego, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Peter von Cornelius, and Ferdinand Ries. Among people deceased in 1855, François Rude ranks 10Before him are Charlotte Brontë, Adam Mickiewicz, Gérard de Nerval, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Adelaide of Austria, and Pavel Nakhimov. After him are Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, François Magendie, Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, Diponegoro, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, and Maria Theresa of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Rude ranks 1,327 out of 6,011Before him are Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (1643), Pierre Cauchon (1371), Paul Scarron (1610), and Guillaume Brune (1763). After him are Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Michel Tournier (1924), Louis Vierne (1870), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), and Adelaide of Aquitaine (950).

Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, François Rude ranks 11Before him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Paul Landowski (1875), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Louise Bourgeois (1911), and Rosa Bonheur (1822). After him are Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), David d'Angers (1788), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), François Girardon (1628), and Jean Goujon (1510).