Sculpture - Monkey And Dog , Emmanuel Samson (1860-1926) - Bronze

Rare bronze proof with a nuanced brown patina , depicting a monkey delousing a bulldog , by the sculptor Emmanuel Samson (1860-1926) .
Signature of the sculptor "EM.SAMSON", intaglio on the naturalistic terrace .
Stamp "BRONZE" under the signature .
Old edition sculpture , late 19th century period .
Very good condition of conservation and patina .

Height : 10 cm

Emmanuel Samson (1860-1926)

Emmanuel Samson Chamchain , known as "Emmanuel Samson", is a famous French sculptor and painter .

Emmanuel Samson was born on May 5 , 1860 in Paris , he grew up in an artistic environment .
His father, Moïse Chamchain, known as "Maurice Samson", is an antique dealer, gilder and sculptor .
His mother, Henriette Meyer, was the daughter of a fabric designer from Mulhouse .
His maternal uncles were Alfred Meyer , a renowned ceramicist and enameller , Emile Meyer , a lithographer , and Jacques Meyer, known as "Henri Meyer", a renowned illustrator .

A student of Alphonse de Neuville and Jean-Léon Gérôme , he was a notable representative of animal painting and sculpture in the 19th and 20th centuries .
He exhibited at the Salon Of Independents in 1889 .
In 1890 , Emmanuel Samson exhibited his sculpture "Flying Relay" as part of the International Exhibition of Black and White , at the Pavillon of the City of Paris on the Champs Elysees .
In 1894 , he exhibited at the Versailles Museum .  He is supported by the Society of Friends of the Arts of the Seine-et-Oise department .

At the beginning of the twentieth century, as part of the 1903 Dog Show , held at the Tuileries under the auspices of the Central Society for the Improvement of Dog Breeds in France , Emmanuel Samson exhibited works described by the specialist press as "brilliant and of the highest order" .
In 1907 , he presented his paintings at the Salon of Painters and Sculptors of Hunting and Hunting , as well as at the 1907 Dog Show .
The following year, he exhibited again at the 1908 Dog Show organized by the Petit Salon of the Society of Painters and Sculptors of Horses .
In 1909 , his work "Flying Relay" was presented at the Salon of French Artists .

During the great flood of the Seine in January 1910 , Emmanuel Samson painted original scenes of animals in distress faced with the rising waters .
He thus participated , by the sale of his representations on postcards , in the surge of solidarity for the benefit of the victims .
The same year , he exhibited his paintings again at the Canine Exhibition of 1910 , which the newspaper "The Parisian Illustrated" described as "the Great event of the Parisian season" .
In 1911 , Emmanuel Samson presented studies of dogs at the Salon of the French School , which exclusively exhibited works by French artists .  As reported by the newspaper "The Freedom" , "Mr. Emmanuel Samson's studies of dogs have verve and humor" .

Emmanuel Samson continued to exhibit at the Salon des Artistes Français until the end of his life .
On April 26 , 1926 , at the age of 66 , he died at his Parisian home at 63 rue Caulaincourt .
The review of "The Provincial Union of Decorative Arts", dated July 1 , 1926 , pays tribute to him in these terms : "I would like to pay tribute to the brave man and talented artist that was the late animal painter and sculptor Emmanuel Samson , who died very recently and whose beautiful works were featured in the French Artists' Fair for many years".
A retrospective of the work of Emmanuel Samson was organized in 1927, in the galleries of the Grand Palais , as part of the thirtieth Exhibition of Painters and Sculptors of Horses at the Horse Show .
It reveals the artistic evolution of the animal painter and sculptor .