Edouard Delabrierre 1829-1910 Partridge In Bronze

Partridge in bronze signed on the terrace brown patina delicately chiseled there are several versions of this bronze notably with a snail in front on the terrace Edouard Paul Delabrierre French sculptor born in 1829 and died in 1910 in Paris. He studied art to become a painter. He studied drawing and painting under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Delestre, great painter and sculptor known as an art theorist. Married to Anne-Eugénie Alléon in 1868, he is known for his talents as a sculptor and leaves behind a large number of animal creations in bronze, plaster, wood and terra cotta, particularly appreciated by collectors. He exhibited his first sculpture at the Paris Salon in 1848, a wax creation representing a terrier holding a hare. From then on, Delabrierre devoted himself exclusively to the animal sculpture which made him famous.