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Sculpture - Cat And Her Cubs , Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) , Bronze
Bronze group with brown patina , representing a reclining cat nursing her kittens , by the sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) .
E. Fremiet is recognized as an excellent realistic animal sculptor ; all of his subjects are perfectly treated in a realistic manner , and depicted with an artistic truth and anatomical rigor that has not weakened over the years .
Bronze signed "E.FREMIET" on the base.
Antique sculpture , period second half of the 19th century .
Very good condition of preservation and patina .
Dimensions : 7.5 cm x 20.2 cm x 11 cm
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Emmanuel Fremiet is a French animal sculptor , born on December 6 , 1824 in Montrouge .
Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century .
He entered the studio of his uncle François Rude , after having attended evening classes .
The fashionable theme of the "Confrontation between Man and Beast" inspired Emmanuel Fremiet and other artists .
He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Fremiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris .
He became the official sculptor of the third Republic .
Emmanuel Fremiet died in Paris on September 10 , 1910 .
E. Fremiet is recognized as an excellent realistic animal sculptor ; all of his subjects are perfectly treated in a realistic manner , and depicted with an artistic truth and anatomical rigor that has not weakened over the years .
Bronze signed "E.FREMIET" on the base.
Antique sculpture , period second half of the 19th century .
Very good condition of preservation and patina .
Dimensions : 7.5 cm x 20.2 cm x 11 cm
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Emmanuel Fremiet is a French animal sculptor , born on December 6 , 1824 in Montrouge .
Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century .
He entered the studio of his uncle François Rude , after having attended evening classes .
The fashionable theme of the "Confrontation between Man and Beast" inspired Emmanuel Fremiet and other artists .
He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Fremiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris .
He became the official sculptor of the third Republic .
Emmanuel Fremiet died in Paris on September 10 , 1910 .
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