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Alfred Dubucand – Bronze Pheasant And Salamander
Important bronze sculpture depicting a pheasant and a salamander.
The animals are represented with great realism.
The sculpture is remarkably fine and has a magnificent patina.
Alfred Dubucand, born Alfred Bucand in 1828 in Paris and died in 1903 in Châteaudun, was a French sculptor.
The illegitimate son of Marie Jeanne Bucand, a trusted daughter, and an unnamed father, Alfred Bucand was born in Paris on November 25, 1828. His name was later corrected to Dubucand.
In 1856, having become an engraver and printmaker, he married Léontine Charlotte Denise Waidèle. The couple had a daughter and a son who would also become a sculptor and painter.
Alfred Dubucand was one of Antoine-Louis Barye's prize-winning students. He made his debut at the Salon of 1867 with a wax model of a dead pheasant.
He primarily sculpted groups of animals, including deer, dogs, and horses. He frequently experimented with chemical patinas on his bronzes, following the teachings of Barye, who had pushed the boundaries with his dark green patinas.
Dubucand paid particular attention to anatomical detail and the accuracy of movement in his subjects. He modeled his figures in wax or clay, then cast them in bronze using the lost-wax or sand casting methods.
Many of his Orientalist sculptures depict North African scenes featuring Arab tribes and nomads with horses or camels.
Dubucand exhibited for the last time at the Salon of 1883 with his group of Arab Horseman and Woman at a Fountain. Having settled in Châteaudun at the end of the 19th century, he died there on September 7, 1903, at his home.
The animals are represented with great realism.
The sculpture is remarkably fine and has a magnificent patina.
Alfred Dubucand, born Alfred Bucand in 1828 in Paris and died in 1903 in Châteaudun, was a French sculptor.
The illegitimate son of Marie Jeanne Bucand, a trusted daughter, and an unnamed father, Alfred Bucand was born in Paris on November 25, 1828. His name was later corrected to Dubucand.
In 1856, having become an engraver and printmaker, he married Léontine Charlotte Denise Waidèle. The couple had a daughter and a son who would also become a sculptor and painter.
Alfred Dubucand was one of Antoine-Louis Barye's prize-winning students. He made his debut at the Salon of 1867 with a wax model of a dead pheasant.
He primarily sculpted groups of animals, including deer, dogs, and horses. He frequently experimented with chemical patinas on his bronzes, following the teachings of Barye, who had pushed the boundaries with his dark green patinas.
Dubucand paid particular attention to anatomical detail and the accuracy of movement in his subjects. He modeled his figures in wax or clay, then cast them in bronze using the lost-wax or sand casting methods.
Many of his Orientalist sculptures depict North African scenes featuring Arab tribes and nomads with horses or camels.
Dubucand exhibited for the last time at the Salon of 1883 with his group of Arab Horseman and Woman at a Fountain. Having settled in Châteaudun at the end of the 19th century, he died there on September 7, 1903, at his home.
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