Emile antoine bourdelle biography sample

Birth of Émile Antoine Bourdelle on October 30th in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne).

At the age of 14, Bourdelle receives a grant and joins the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse.

Ranking second on the entrance exam for the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he enrols in the sculptor Alexandre Falguière’s worshop, which he leaves two years later.

Bourdelle moves to 16 impasse du Maine (current Rue Antoine Bourdelle), where he would work until his death.

His parents move in with him in 1886.

Bourdelle is hired as a practitioner by Auguste Rodin and prepares marble blocks for him until 1908.

He is chosen by the city Montauban to create the Monument aux Combattants et Défenseurs du Tarn-et-Garonne de 1870-1871 [Memorial to the Dead, Warriors and Servants of Tarn-et-Garonne from 1870-1871].

Birth of Pierre, son of Bourdelle and Stéphanie Van Parys, whom he marries three years later, with Rodin as hi