Aristide Maillol was a French Catalan sculptor, painter and printmaker who lived from 1861 to 1944. He began his career as a painter with an early interest in the decorative arts before turning primarily to sculpture in his early forties, becoming one of the most famous sculptors of his time; his work went on to influence artists including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Henry Moore. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Maillol was one of the most famous sculptors of his time.
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He began his career as a painter and developed an early interest in the decorative arts.
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Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (French: [mɑjɔl]; December 8, 1861, September 27, 1944) was a French Catalan sculptor,
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In 1902, the art dealer Ambroise Vollard provided Maillol with his first exhibition.
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Josep Pla said of Maillol, "These archaic ideas, Greek, were the great novelty Maillol brought into the tendency of modern sculpture.
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