Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
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Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (June 12, 1824, Anizy-le-Château - June 4, 1887, Sèvres) was a French sculptor from Audresselles. He was the father of Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse.[1]
Carrier-Belleuse made many terra cotta pieces, but possibly the most famous is The Abduction of Hippodameia depicting the Greek mythological scene of a centaur kidnapping Hippodameia on her wedding day.
Auguste Rodin worked as an assistant in the studio of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleusein between 1864 and 1870. The two travelled to Brussels in 1871.[2]
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