Marie Tussaud - Wikipedia
WEBBAnna Maria "Marie" Tussaud (French pronunciation: [maʁi tyso]; née Grosholtz; 1 December 1761 – 16 April 1850), commonly known as Madame Tussaud, was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London.
Marie Tussaud | Wax Sculptor, Waxworks & Museum Founder
WEBB12 apr. 2024 · Marie Tussaud (born December 1, 1761, Strasbourg, France—died April 16, 1850, London, England) was the French-born founder of Madame Tussaud’s museum of wax figures, in central London.
Marie Tussaud Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life
WEBBMarie Tussaud was a renowned French wax-modeling artist, the founder of London’s famous ‘Madam Tussauds wax museum,’ and one of the most successful career women of the 19th century.
How Marie Tussaud Created a Wax Empire | Smithsonian
WEBB7 dec. 2017 · Marie Tussaud, born on this day in 1761, became wealthy, famous and successful thanks to her talent for wax sculpting, her business acumen and a new kind of public fascination with bodies and...
Madame Marie Tussaud: Biography | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
WEBBMadame Marie Tussaud: Biography. Born in 1761, Marie Gresholtz, a maker of wax death masks, had modelled the author and philosopher Voltaire in 1777, and became art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister in 1780. She lived at this time with the French court at Versailles, but returned to Paris in 1789.
Marie Tussaud | Encyclopedia.com
WEBB18 maj 2018 · German wax modeler Marie Tussaud (1761-1850) founded the famous London museum that bears her name early in the 1830s, and it remains one of the city's most popular tourist attractions nearly two centuries later.
“The Fullest Imitation of Life”: Reconsidering Marie Tussaud, Artist ...
WEBBInstead they were taken in, and immediately immortalized in wax, by his twenty-eight-year-old protégée, Marie Grosholtz, later Tussaud. Taken quite literally to embody Revolutionary heroes and victims, wax portraits played a pivotal representational role in the momentous summer of 1789.
How the Real Madame Tussaud Built a Business Out of Beheadings
WEBB10 okt. 2017 · In 1802, 40-year-old Marie was saddled with a lazy, spendthrift husband, two children and the faltering business Curtius had left her on his death, and she decided to seek her fortune...
Tussaud, Marie (1761–1850) | Encyclopedia.com
WEBBWax modeler and entrepreneur who created one of London's most popular attractions, Madame Tussaud's. Name variations: known as Marie Grosholtz (1767–95), Marie Tussaud (1795–1850).
How Madame Tussaud built her house of wax - National …
WEBB19 okt. 2018 · After surviving the horrors of the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud went on to captivate Britain with her wax figures. This waxwork of Marie Grosholtz was fashioned by her mentor, Dr. Philippe...
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