William Rimmer
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William Rimmer (1816-1879) was an English-born American sculptor, painter, and physician whose anatomically precise works were ahead of their time. He believed he was the son of the lost Dauphin of France, Louis XVII. His Falling Gladiator (1861) is one of the most powerful American sculptures of the 19th century.
Rimmer's medical knowledge gave his figures an anatomical accuracy unmatched by his contemporaries. He taught art anatomy at Boston's Lowell Institute and Cooper Union in New York.
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About William Rimmer
Rimmer's Falling Gladiator (1861) is one of the most powerful 19th-century American sculptures. His medical training gave his figures anatomical precision that surpassed his contemporaries.
The Falling Gladiator is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum also hold works.
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