Excerpt from Our Lady of the PillarPortuense de Bellas Artes under the well known sculptor Soares dos Reis, and at eighteen went to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he worked under Cavelier and Barrias, though the man who taught him most was Donatello. He exhibited at the Salon in his first year in France, and since then has advanced from one artistic triumph to another. His group 'a Viuva' gained him a gold medal at the International Exhibition in Berlin in 1896, his statue 'a D6r' obtained a Grand Prix at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1900, and now, at the age of forty, he is hailed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.