# Claude Michel

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{{Short description|Sculptor from France}}
{{about||the French footballer|Claude Michel (footballer)|the French politician|Claude Michel (politician)}}
{{redirect|Clodion|the early 5th century Frankish monarch also known|Chlodio}}
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thumb|''Faun Family'', terracotta relief by Claude Michel, c.&nbsp;1785, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
alt=Sculpture|thumb|SATYR & NUDE Bronze Sculpture by Claude Michel, bronze on marble base 1798-1802 Paris, France
thumb|''Poetry and Music'', marble sculpture by Claude Michel, 1774-1778, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.

'''Claude Michel''' (20 December 1738 – 29 March 1814), known as '''Clodion''', was a French [sculptor](/source/sculpture) in the [Rococo](/source/Rococo) style, especially noted for his works in marble, bronze, & [terracotta](/source/terracotta).

==Life==
He was born in [Nancy](/source/Nancy%2C_France) to Anne Adam and Thomas Michel, an undistinguished sculptor. Anne was the sister of sculptors [Lambert-Sigisbert Adam](/source/Lambert-Sigisbert_Adam) and [Francois Gaspard Adam](/source/Francois_Gaspard_Adam). In Nancy and probably in [Lille](/source/Lille) he spent the earlier years of his life.  In 1755 he came to Paris and entered the workshop of his maternal uncle [Lambert-Sigisbert Adam](/source/Lambert-Sigisbert_Adam), an established sculptor. He remained four years in this workshop, and on his death became a pupil of [Jean-Baptiste Pigalle](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle). In 1759 he won the grand prize for sculpture at the [Académie Royale](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale). In 1761 he earned the first silver medal for studies from models. In 1762 he went to [Rome](/source/Rome), where his activity was considerable between 1767 and 1771.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

[Catherine II of Russia](/source/Catherine_II_of_Russia) was eager to secure his presence in [St Petersburg](/source/St_Petersburg), but he returned to Paris. Among his patrons, which were very numerous, were the chapter of [Rouen](/source/Rouen), the states of [Languedoc](/source/Languedoc), and the director generale. His works were frequently exhibited at the Salon. In 1782 he married Catherine Flore, a daughter of the sculptor [Augustin Pajou](/source/Augustin_Pajou), who subsequently obtained a divorce from him. The agitation caused by the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution) drove Clodion in 1792 to Nancy, where he remained until 1798, His energies being spent in the decoration of houses.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Among Clodion's works are a statue of [Montesquieu](/source/Montesquieu), a Dying [Cleopatra](/source/Cleopatra), and a chimneypiece at present in the [Victoria and Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) in London.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} In 1782, he realized the decoration for the [nymphaeum](/source/nymphaeum) of the [Hôtel de Besenval](/source/H%C3%B4tel_de_Besenval).<ref name="Besenval Ambassade22">Jean-Jacques Fiechter / Benno Schubiger: ''L’Ambassade de Suisse à Paris,'' Ambassade de Suisse, 2ème édition, août 1994, p. 22</ref> His 1788 work ''[Dance of Time](/source/Dance_of_Time_(Clodion))'' is in the [Frick Collection](/source/Frick_Collection) in New York.  Another known sculpture is called "''The Intoxication of Wine''".<ref>* Clodion's "''The Intoxication of Wine''" [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/192727 At the Met (NY).] Retrieved 29 April 2018.</ref> One of his last groups represented [Homer](/source/Homer) as a beggar being driven away by fishermen (1810). Clodion died in Paris, on the eve of the invasion of Paris by the forces of the [Sixth Coalition](/source/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

==Works==
Among the public collections holding works by Claude Michel are:
*[Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago)
*[Bowes Museum](/source/Bowes_Museum) (County Durham, UK)
*[Carnegie Museum of Art](/source/Carnegie_Museum_of_Art) ([Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania))
*[Cleveland Museum of Art](/source/Cleveland_Museum_of_Art)
*[Courtauld Institute of Art](/source/Courtauld_Institute_of_Art) ([London](/source/London))
*[Currier Museum of Art](/source/Currier_Museum_of_Art) ([New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire))
*[Detroit Institute of Arts](/source/Detroit_Institute_of_Arts)
*[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco](/source/Fine_Arts_Museums_of_San_Francisco)
*[Getty Museum](/source/Getty_Museum) ([Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles))
*[Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art)
*[Kimbell Art Museum](/source/Kimbell_Art_Museum) ([Fort Worth](/source/Fort_Worth), [Texas](/source/Texas))
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*[Louvre](/source/Louvre) ([Paris](/source/Paris))
*[Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art)
*[Musée Cognacq-Jay](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_Cognacq-Jay) ([Paris](/source/Paris))
*[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts%2C_Boston)
*[Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_des_beaux-arts_de_Bordeaux)
*[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen](/source/Museum_Boijmans_Van_Beuningen) ([Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam))
*[National Museum of Art](/source/Cluj-Napoca_B%C3%A1nffy_Palace) ([Cluj-Napoca](/source/Cluj-Napoca))
*[National Gallery of Armenia](/source/National_Gallery_of_Armenia)
*[National Gallery of Art](/source/National_Gallery_of_Art) ([Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.))
*[Nationalmuseum, Stockholm](/source/Nationalmuseum)
*[Norton Simon Museum](/source/Norton_Simon_Museum) ([Pasadena](/source/Pasadena%2C_California), [California](/source/California))
*[Philadelphia Museum of Art](/source/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art)

==See also==
* [Neoclassicism in France](/source/Neoclassicism_in_France)

==References==
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*{{EB1911|wstitle=Michel, Claude|volume=18||page=362}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author=[Parker, James](/source/James_Parker_(art_historian)) & Le Corbeiller, Clare| title= ''A Guide to the Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art'' | location=New York | publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art | year=1979| url= http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/35238/rec/1 |  isbn=0-87099-186-8}} (see index, ''Clodion (Claude Michel)'': p.&nbsp;127-128)

==External links==
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* [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_clod.htm Entry and examples] at the [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
* [http://www.nationalgallery.gr/site/content.php?sel=604&artwork_id=65826&set_locale=2 Bacchante by Clodion.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911025754/http://www.nationalgallery.gr/site/content.php?sel=604&artwork_id=65826&set_locale=2 |date=2016-09-11 }}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150411001548/http://www.eroticart-museum.de/ for examples of a Terracotta relief ''Satyr and Nymph'' at the DMK Collection in Germany]

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