The Lily - Auguste Clesinger (1814-1883)

Bust sculpted in white Carrara marble
Signed on the ribbon " J.Clésinger, 1871 "
Presented on a rounded white marble base 

France
1871 

height 76,5 cm
width 48 cm
depth 35 cm 

Noted in "Clésinger – Sa vie, ses œuvres - Le catalogue de sesœuvres", A. Estignard, Librairie H. Floury, Paris, 1900, p.169. 

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Biography :
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger, known as Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), was a French romantic sculptor. Hisfather, Georges-Philippe Clésinger, himself a sculptor, trained him at theSchool of Fine Arts in Besançon where he was a teacher. Auguste also studiedsculpture under the direction of Bertel Thorwaldsen. Clésinger was alsoparticularly well known for his links with George Sand, whose son-in-law hewas, and Frédéric Chopin, whose tomb he sculpted. Clésinger stayed in Barbizonwhere he came under the influence of Théodore Rousseau and Charles Le Roux. Clésinger made his debut atthe 1843 Salon with a bust of Viscount Jules de Valdahon. At the Salon of 1847,he caused a scandal by presenting his "Womanbitten by a snake". This romantic sculpture was made from a cast ofApollonie Sabatier, Charles Baudelaire's muse. His last exhibition took placein 1864. Clésinger was the author ofmany busts, notably those of the actress Rachel Félix and Théophile Gautier. Weowe him the monument to Gustave Flaubert and the statue of Louise of Savoy inthe series of Queens of France and Illustrious Women in the Luxembourg Gardensin Paris.