Bronze figure of "Diana" on a marble pedestal
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2,800 EUR
Artist/Maker: Alexandre Jean Joseph Falguiere
Artist/Maker Dates: 1831 - 1900
Place of Production: France
Date of Production: second half of 19th century
Materials: bronze, gilding, marble
Inscriptions: author's signature
Height: 50.5 cm.
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Description
One of the most prolific and successful 19th-century French sculptors was Alexandre Falguière. His sculptures were robust and realistic and displayed a neo-baroque style; he was credited with introducing realism into contemporary sculpture.
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière was born in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 7, 1831. His father was a cabinetmaker who sent him to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, where he won the city’s major prize and was sent to study in Paris. In 1859 Falguière won the Prix de Rome and was able to study at the Academie de France in Rome; he stayed in Italy until 1865. From 1882 he taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.
Falguière worked primarily in bronze and marble, and he exhibited regularly from 1857 to 1899. Early in his career he was awarded commissions to sculpt well-known French figures, including poet Alphonse de Lamartine, playwright Pierre Corneille, and chemist Louis Pasteur.
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