Lioness And Monkey, Terracotta Sculpture By Thomas Cartier

Important terracotta sculpture representing a lioness holding a monkey in her mouth that she has just hunted.
Signed T Cartier on the terrace.
Stamp on the other side (visible in the photos)
Length 65cm
Height 48cm

Thomas Cartier was born on February 21, 1879 in Marseille. A student of Georges Gardet and Victor Peter, he specialized in animal sculpture. He exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1904 and received an honorable mention in 1908, a 2nd class medal in 1910 and a gold medal in 1927, the year he was placed in the hors-competition category. During the First World War, he became an illustrator: he then produced numerous anti-German propaganda postcards and support for the poilus. After the war, he settled in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye and designed numerous war memorials. Living at 6 rue Desaix in Paris, he died on April 26, 1936 in Saint-Vallier.