Philippe-Laurent Roland
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox person/Wikidata Philippe-Laurent Roland (13 August 1746 – 11 July 1816) was a French sculptor. A native of Pont-à-Marcq, Nord, he died in Paris. His art is neoclassical in style; he worked a great deal in stone and in terra cotta. Some of his reliefs may be seen on the facade of the Louvre.
Biography
The son of a tailor and innkeeper, Philippe-Laurent Roland began his training at the drawing school in Lille, in his native region. He had a younger brother, the painter Jacques-François-Joseph Roland (1757-1804).
In 1764, he left for Paris and joined the studio of Augustin Pajou with whom he maintained a collaboration of nearly forty years. He then collaborated with him on the decoration of the Palace of Versailles and the Palais-Royal.
Works
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External links
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- Philippe-Laurent Roland @ ArtCyclopedia
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