F.desruelles “the Smiling Young Boy”

Beautiful sculpture representing a smiling young boyFixed on a serpentine baseMaterial: TerracottaTotal height: 44cmSmall chip (1.5cm) stain and small loss right cheek, small chip base corner lower part.Félix-Alexandre Desruelles is one of the most important French artists to have distinguished himself in the commemorative sculpture of the First World War. A student of Alexandre Falguière, François Rude, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Jean-Antoine Houdon, he exhibited at the Société des artistes français from 1885, won a medal of honor there in 1928 and became a member of the jury. He obtained a gold medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition and two honorary diplomas at the 1925 Decorative Arts Exhibition[1]. He was a member of the Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts. He is the husband of the sculptor Germaine Oury-Desruelles (1889-1978) and the father of the painter Rémyne Desruelles. He created bronze busts of two of his friends, Eugène Chigot and Henri Le Sidaner Prix