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| Born | Anna Maria Grosholtz, 1 December 1761, Strasbourg, France |
| Died | 16 April 1850 (aged 88), London, England |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Wax modelling |
| Notable work | Madame Tussauds |
About Marie Tussaud
Sculptor Marie Tussaud was born in France on December 1, 1761. She dies at the age of 88, on April 16, 1850.
This French-born artist, known for her lifelike wax sculptures, founded the first Madame Tussauds wax museum in London, England, in the 1830s. She sculpted a famous wax monument of Inventor Benjamin Franklin and death masks of guillotined French dignitaries such as Robespierre, Queen Marie Antoinette, and King Louis XVI.
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Marie Tussaud before becoming famous
Marie Tussaud was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1761 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.
Philippe Curtius, a French doctor and artist who employed her mother as a domestic, taught her the skill of wax sculpture. She created her first wax piece, a sculpture of French writer and philosopher Voltaire, in the late 1770s.
Achievement of Marie Tussaud
She was arrested, along with Joséphine de Beauharnais, during the French Reign of Terror (the wife of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte). Tussaud was scheduled to be executed, but she was pardoned just before the guillotine was to be used.
Marie Tussaud's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
She grew up in Switzerland after being born in France. She moved to London, England with her boys Joseph and François after returning to her native country during the French Revolution.
Marie Tussaud Collabed with
She was tasked with creating a wax death mask of the assassinated French revolutionary Politician Jean-Paul Marat. The piece was carried throughout Paris, along with numerous others, as a sign of defiance against injustice and violence.
Marie Tussaud Income & Net worth
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Marie Tussaud Height and Weight
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