PRADIER, JAMES (1792-1852), French sculptor, was born at Geneva. He was a member of the French Academy, and a popular sculptor of the pre-Romantic period, representing in France the drawing-room classicism which Canova illustrated at Rome. His chief works are the Niobe group (1822), “Atalanta” (1850), “ Psyche ” (1824), “Sappho” (1852) (all in the Louvre), “ Prometheus " (Tuileries Gardens), a bas-relief on the triumphal arch of the Carrousel, the figures of “ Fame " on the Arc de l'Etoile, and a statue of J. ]. Rousseau for Geneva. Besides these mention should be made of his “ Three Graces ” (1821).