François-Joseph Duret, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French artist
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Place of Birth: Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France
About François-Joseph Duret
- Françoise-Joseph Duret (12 November 1729 – 7 August 1816) was a French sculptor.
- He was the father and teacher of Francisque Joseph Duret. Born at Valenciennes, the son of Charles Durez, of Spanish origin, Duret was prince of the Academy of St.
- Luke, a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, and sculptor and decorator for Honoré Armand de Villars.
- His reception piece at the Academy, representing Diogenes looking for a man, is at the Museum of Fine Arts of Valenciennes.
- He married the daughter of his brother Jean-François Last.
- Joseph Duret had had several children all of whom died, before his son Francisque Joseph Duret survived, and became a renowned artist in his own right.
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