SCULPTOR

James Pradier

1790 - 1852

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James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, pronounced [pʁadje]; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Pradier has received more than 70,525 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Pradier is the 138th most popular sculptor (up from 157th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 348th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, James Pradier ranks 138 out of 258Before him are Dan Flavin, Henri Laurens, Emmanuel Frémiet, Cephisodotus the Younger, Johan Tobias Sergel, and Clara Westhoff. After him are George Minne, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Georg Kolbe, Rebecca Horn, Tony Cragg, and Magda Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, James Pradier ranks 27Before him are Keisai Eisen, John Cockerill, Karol Lipiński, William Smith, Manuel Blanco Encalada, and Johann Jakob Heckel. After him are Claude Pouillet, Nassau William Senior, Ferenc Kölcsey, Simon von Stampfer, Ferdinand Raimund, and Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy. Among people deceased in 1852, James Pradier ranks 39Before him are Achille Richard, Louisa Adams, Augustus Pugin, Edward Bransfield, Carl Borivoj Presl, and Georg August Wallin. After him are Georg von Langsdorff, Bernardino Drovetti, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, John Lloyd Stephens, Eugène Burnouf, and Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, James Pradier ranks 305 out of 1,015Before him are Robert Maillart (1872), Fritz Platten (1883), Anders Arborelius (1949), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), and Josef Hügi (1930). After him are Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Raoul Pictet (1846), Michele Besso (1873), Doris Leuthard (1963), Rodolphe Lindt (1855), and Walther Ritz (1878).

Among SCULPTORS In Switzerland

Among sculptors born in Switzerland, James Pradier ranks 3Before him are Alberto Giacometti (1901), and Jean Tinguely (1925). After him are Hermann Obrist (1863).