Antoine-louis barye biography

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{"Id":266,"Name":"Antoine-Louis Barye","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBARYE, ANTOINE LOUIS\u003C/strong\u003E (1796-1875), French sculptor, was born in Paris on the 24th of September 1796.

Like many of the sculptors of the Renaissance he began life as a goldsmith. After studying under \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2665\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EBosio\u003C/a\u003E, the sculptor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2397\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EGros\u003C/a\u003E, the painter, he was in 1818 admitted to the \u0026Eacute;cole des Beaux Arts.

But it was not till 1823, when he was working for Fauconnier, the goldsmith, that he discovered his real bent from watching the wild beasts in the Jardin des Pl