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An image of The anatomy class at the Ecole des Beaux Arts by François Sallé

François Sallé

(France 1839–1899)

Title
The anatomy class at the Ecole des Beaux Arts
Other titles:
The anatomy class
Alternative title:
Un cours d'anatomie à l'École de Beaux Arts à Paris
Year
1888
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

218.0 x 299.0cm sight; 239.0 x 321.6 x 10.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., oil "F SALLE 1888".
Credit
Purchased 1888
Accession number
728
Location
19th c European art
Provenance (1)

Paris Salon (France), Paris/France, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Paris Salon 1888

Bibliography (12)

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France) (Author), Figures du corps, 2008, 265 (colour illus.). illustrated in reference to cat.no.124

Martin Kemp (Author), The human animal in Western art and science, 2007, 230 (illus.), 231. fig.167

'The priestesses of Apollo and the heirs of Aesculapius: medical art-historical approaches to ancient choreography after Charcot' by Jonathan Marshall, pg.410-426, Forum for Modern Language Studies, vol.43, no.4 Oct 2007, Oct 2007, 148 (illus.).

John McLachlan, Anatomy teaching: ghosts of the past, present and future, 2005, (illus.).

'Science in culture: Armed with anatomy' by Martin Kemp pg.998, Nature 2000, 2000, 998 (illus.).

Martin Kemp (Author), Marina Wallace (Author), Spectacular Bodies - The art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now, London, 2000, 76-77 (colour illus.), 75. cat.no. 265

Paul Wood (Editor), The Challenge of the Avant-Garde, London, 1999, 28 (illus.), 29. plate no. 20

Look Feb 1998, Feb 1998, 25 (colour illus.).

Anthony Bond (England; Australia) (Author), Body, Melbourne, 1997, 30, 125 (colour illus.), 125-7, 144. figure 143, cat.no. 136

Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 41.

Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Domain, 1984, (illus.). no catalogue numbers

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 19.

Exhibition history (4)

Paris Salon, 1888, Paris Salon, 1888–1888.

Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1984–May 1985.

Body, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Sep 1997–16 Nov 1997.

Spectacular Bodies: The art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now, Hayward Gallery, 19 Oct 2000–14 Jan 2001.