Sculptors of Neoclassicism, the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century movement that turned away from Baroque and Rococo excess toward the calm, clear forms of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, often in polished white marble. A sculptor belongs here when the cited article calls the artist a Neoclassical sculptor. It excludes the ancient sculptors they admired and the Romantic and Modernist sculptors who came after.
Neoclassical Sculptors
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Étienne Maurice Falconet (Wikipedia)
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was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor
Antonio Canova (Wikipedia)
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Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757-13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures.
Jean-Antoine Houdon (Wikipedia)
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Jean-Antoine, chevalier Houdon (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]; 20 March 1741-15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor.
Bertel Thorvaldsen (Wikipedia)
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Among his professors were Nicolai Abildgaard and Johannes Wiedewelt, who are both likely influences for his later neoclassical style.
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