Eve à la Pomme [Eve with an Apple]
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About this artwork
This is among Maillol's earliest sculptures, showing Eve holding an apple and turning as if to offer it to Adam. Nearly all Maillol's sculptures are of female nudes, simply standing, sitting or kneeling. The dominant force in European sculpture at the turn of the century was the work of Auguste Rodin. However, Maillol rejected the movement and expression of Rodin's sculpture for a style of balance, harmony and quiet restraint. It was the calm classicism of Maillol's work, which made his work distinct from most nineteenth-century sculptors.
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title:Eve à la Pomme [Eve with an Apple]
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accession number:GMA 2941
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materials:Bronze
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date created:1899
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measurements:58.40 x 20.70 x 12.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1955
Aristide Maillol
Aristide Maillol
Maillol was born at Banyuls-sur-Mer, a small town in the south of France. He moved to Paris in 1881, where he trained as a painter from 1885. He also took up tapestry weaving, establishing his own workshop at Banyuls in 1893. Maillol made his first sculpture in 1895 and decided…