"Bronze "lying Greyhound" - Paul Gayrard - Susse Frères Lost Wax"
Paul Gayrard (1807-1855). Paris, circa 1840.
Bronze cast with brown patina, lost-wax casting.
Depicting a lying greyhound.
Signed intaglio on the base.
Marked "cire perdue", signed by the founder "Susse frères éditeurs à Paris", Foundry stamp.
Length 15cm x W 7.5 x H 7 cm
Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard was born in 1807 in Clermont-Ferrand and died in 1855 in Enghien-les-Bains. He was a French sculptor, a pupil of François Rude and David d'Angers. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1827, he was awarded a second class medal in 1834 and then obtained a first class medal in 1846 and 1848. Very fashionable from his first exhibitions, he produced numerous busts of personalities, an equestrian statue of Napoleon III as well as numerous animal subjects. His works are present in many museums, Caen, Le Havre, Paris at the Comédie Française, Rodez and Tours.
Literature:
Jean Charles Hachet "Illustrated Dictionary of Animal Sculptors"
Pierre Kjellberg "The Bronzes of the 19th Century"
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato