French, Belgian and Dutch Sculpture 1770–1920
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Glasgow Museums has a significant collection of 49 French, Belgian and Dutch sculptures which date from between 1775 and 1920. This collection is second only to that in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It includes 38 French, eight Belgian and three Dutch works, including many portrait and subject busts in bronze, marble and plaster. Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), the greatest sculptor of his age, is represented by 15 bronzes (all but one of which are held in the Burrell Collection), and two plasters. There is also a large and significant group of around 20 French and Belgian sculptures from the decades around 1900, including works by such prominent sculptors as Carpeaux, Chapu, Dalou, Van der Stappen and Braecke, and also by (or after) Bastien-Lepage, Degas and Renoir, all better known as artists. These works complement both British sculptures and French paintings of the same period which are also held in Glasgow Museums' collection. Sculptures dating from before 1850 include works by Houdon, Moitte and Rude which were purchased in the early 1970s. Post-World War II sculptures include two pieces by Niki de St Phalle, acquired in the late 1990s for the new Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).
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