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Pradier's Greek inspiration has something Swiss about it, one may say he was a Genevan though his figures were simple and largely treated. He had a keen sense for the feminine element the ewig Weibliche and expressed it plastically with a zest approaching gusto. Yet his statues are women rather than statues, and, more than that, are handsome rather than beautiful.
He thoroughly enjoyed standing so well socially with these ladies, who in family connections were above him, but who were willing to sit at his feet in homage to his genius. Beginning with hero worship on the part of these devotees, the sentiment usually developed into the more intimate relation of friendship or love. The "Ewig Weibliche" appears constantly in his music and was always in his life.
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