étex, Antoine

Related Category: European Art, 1600 to the Present: Biographies

(äNtwän´ ātĕks´), 1808–88, French sculptor, painter, and architect. A pupil of Ingres, he is best known as a sculptor. Among his works are two large groups, Resistance and Peace, on the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris; Géricault's tomb; and the monument to Ingres at Montauban.