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- Flaksman, Dzhon, 1755-1826
- Flaxman, Giovanni, 1755-1826
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1755
Death Date
- 1826
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Wedgwood & Bentley
Associated Locale
- Great Britain
Field of Activity
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His La Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri ... 1834:t.p. (Giovanni Flaxman scultore inglese)
- found: Vasemania : neoclassical form and ornament in France, ©2004:page 176 (John Flaxman (1755-1826); second son of a modeler who supplied plaster casts to the Wedgwood factory; won a prize from Royal Society of Arts at age 12 and subsequently studied sculpture; 1775 received commission from Josiah Wedgwood to design bas-relief portraits, furniture plaques, and vase decorations for production in Wedgwood's newly invented jasper ware; 1787 went to Rome and continued to work for Wedgwood; by 1794 had returned to England and supplied designs to Wedgwood and others)
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Change Notes
- 1980-03-31: new
- 2021-10-19: revised
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