Sculpture - Vox Pacis (the Cry Of Peace) By Georges Bareau (1866 - 1931)

Vox Pacis (The Cry of Peace)
Subject in regulates representing a standing warrior , arms raised , holding a spear in his right hand , by Georges Bareau .
The warrior rests on a naturalistic terrace , richly chiselled , with a flowery stump , with sword and belt .
Sculpture with nuanced brown patina .
Signature of the sculptor " GEORGES BAREAU " hollow on the terrace .
Sculpture dated " 1894 " under the signature of the sculptor .
Old cast iron .
19th century period .
Very good state of preservation and patina .

Georges Bareau (1866-1931)

Georges Marie Valentin Bareau , known as Georges Bareau (1866-1931) was a French sculptor .
He entered the École des Beaux - Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of Charles Gauthier and Gabriel-Jules Thomas .
He exhibited at the Salon from 1889 .

In 1893 , he obtained a third medal at the Salon of the Society of French Artists then , the following year , a vermeil medal at the International and Colonial Exhibition in Lyon .
 He was awarded the Salon prize in 1895 , he was classified out of competition at the end of the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1897 .
A gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris definitively crowns the career of Georges Bareau . 
He was promoted to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1906 .

Georges Bareau died in 1931 bequeathing all of his works to the town of Saint-Nazaire .