19th-century Bronze, 60 Cm, Clovis Edmond Masson (1838-1913), Family Tigers

Period: 19th century, Bronze in perfect condition, bronze with a very beautiful patina.
Signed: Signed in the bronze, listed and valued artist.
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Subject: "Tigers in a family".
Dimensions: Height: 31 cm, Length: 60 cm, Depth: 25 cm, Weight: 16 kg.

Biography:
Clovis Edmond MASSON 1838 / 1913.
Animal sculptor born in Paris on March 7, 1838 and died in 1913. Student of Santiago, Antoine Louis Barye and Rouillard, he exhibited at the Salon from 1867 to 1881 and obtained an honorable mention in 1890.
He specialized in the representation of animals.
He most often used plaster, wax, or bronze as his materials. From 1867 to 1881, he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon.

He produced more than fifty works up to 1909. Source: Benézit, Pierre Kjellberg, Bronze du XIXe siècle, 1994. Works in Museums: The Château-Thierry Museum holds his work: Roe Deer at the Break of the Forest.
The city of Nîmes possesses several sculptures by the artist in its municipal museum.
The Equestrian Statue of the King of Siam: At the beginning of 1907, King Chulalongkorn of Thailand, known as Rama V, decided to erect a monument in his honor on a vast, empty esplanade on which the parliament building would soon be built (which would not be completed until 1915).

Rama V embarked for Europe in 1907.
Chulalongkorn had, from the outset... Initially, the idea of erecting an equestrian statue took root. His visit to the Palace of Versailles in the spring of 1907 sealed the deal. Like Louis XIV, whose statue stands in the palace's main courtyard, Rama V would also leave his mark on Bangkok with his equestrian statue.
Thus, Rama V commissioned his statue in France.
In mid-June 1907, the Thai sovereign posed for sculptor Georges Saulo at the Susse brothers' foundry on Boulevard de la Madeleine in Paris, while sculptor Clovis Masson created the horse intended to support the king's statue.

The bronze is on display at our gallery in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France) on weekends.
Free shipping within France.
Shipping abroad available upon request.

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