Madame Tussauds
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Madame Tussauds
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Marie Tussaud was born as Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg, France. Her mother worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius in Bern, Switzerland, who was a physician skilled in wax modeling. Curtius taught Tussaud the art of wax modelling. He moved to Paris and took his young apprentice, only 6 years old, with him. She created her 1st sculpture in 1977. At the age of 17 she became the art tutor to King Louis XVI of France’s sister, Madame Elizabeth, at the Palace of Versailles. During the French Revolution she was imprisoned for three months awaiting execution, but was released after the intervention of an influential friend.
Other famous people whom she modelled included Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin. During the Revolution, she modelled many prominent victims. She inherited the doctor's vast collection of wax models following his death in 1794, and spent the next 33 years travelling around Europe. (wiki)
Making wax figures is a labour of love. Over 800 hours of painstaking moulding, measuring, painting and sculpting goes into making each figure. - Sydney wax museum.
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February 14th, 2018
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