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Sculpture - Shackled Elephant Calf, Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) - Bronze
Bronze proof with brown patina , representing a shackled elephant calf , by the sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) .
Old edition sculpture , signed "E.FREMIET" on the naturalist terrace .
Old bronze , period second half of the 19th century .
Very good state of conservation and patina .
Dimensions : 16 x 14 x 4 cm
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Emmanuel Fremiet is a French animal sculptor , born on December 6 , 1824 in Montrouge .
Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century .
He entered the studio of his uncle François Rude , after having attended evening classes .
The fashionable theme of the "Confrontation between Man and Beast" inspired Emmanuel Fremiet and other artists .
He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Fremiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris .
He became the official sculptor of the third Republic .
Emmanuel Fremiet died in Paris on September 10 , 1910 .
Old edition sculpture , signed "E.FREMIET" on the naturalist terrace .
Old bronze , period second half of the 19th century .
Very good state of conservation and patina .
Dimensions : 16 x 14 x 4 cm
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Emmanuel Fremiet is a French animal sculptor , born on December 6 , 1824 in Montrouge .
Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century .
He entered the studio of his uncle François Rude , after having attended evening classes .
The fashionable theme of the "Confrontation between Man and Beast" inspired Emmanuel Fremiet and other artists .
He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Fremiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris .
He became the official sculptor of the third Republic .
Emmanuel Fremiet died in Paris on September 10 , 1910 .
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