Léon Ernest Drivier The Bathers

Léon Ernest Drivier The BathersVery beautiful subject with a lively representation of bathersMixed techniques combining pastel, charcoal and sanguine38x28 cm visible60x46cm frame includedFree and insured shipping in mainland FranceLéon-Ernest Drivier, born October 22, 1878 in Grenoble and died January 8, 1951 in ParisHe is a French sculptor, painter and illustrator.Born to a glove-making father in Grenoble, Léon Drivier was a student of Louis-Ernest Barrias at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then worked from 1907 as a practitioner in the studio of Auguste Rodin. He was a friend of the sculptors Auguste de Niederhausern, Gaston Schnegg, Jane Poupelet, Antoine Bourdelle. In 1918, he created the official bust of Victorious France. His first period is similar to Rodin's neo-romanticism, then he moved closer to Charles Despiau's neo-classicism. His works can be seen in the public collections of the Musée National d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Centre Pompidou and the Musée de Grenoble (bronzes, plaster casts, drawings). He was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1943.