La Pythie Philippise

1884–1929 · Lugar de trabajo

Paris

1909–1929

Twenty years of teaching at the Grande Chaumière

From 1909 to 1929 Bourdelle taught at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière; his students included Germaine Richier, Alberto Giacometti, Margaret Cossaceanu, Isaac Frenkel and Adaline Kent.

1925

His sculptures are shown from the USA to Japan

In 1925, despite his illness, Bourdelle’s sculptures were shown all over the world, from the United States to Japan, including at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.

1925

The Alvear monument is unveiled in Buenos Aires

The monument to General Alvear, on which Bourdelle had worked since the First World War, was inaugurated in Buenos Aires in 1925.

1928

Brussels: acclaimed as one of the greatest sculptors of his generation

In 1928 Bourdelle was acclaimed as one of the greatest sculptors of his generation, as the scale of the exhibition of his work at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels shows.

1 de octubre de 1929

Died