Very Large Orientalist Bronze, 100 X 90 Cm, By Max Arthur Waagen (1833-1898), Depicting A Hunting Scene, Early Period.

Period: early 20th century, Lost-wax bronze, beautiful patina, in excellent condition.
Signed: in the bronze base Barye F. (for Barye Foundry)
Subject: Kabyle man returning from the hunt
Dimensions: height: 100 cm, length: 90 cm, depth: 43 cm, - approximately 50 kg

Sold with invoice and certificate.

Foundry: Barye Foundry:
The famous sculptor opened his own foundry to produce his works in 1838.
Despite serious difficulties, it remained in operation between 1845 and 1857. Max Arthur Waagen 1833/1898: Max Arthur Waagen was a German sculptor born in Memel (now Klaipėda in Lithuania) in 1833 and died in Paris in 1898.
Little information is available about his life.
He was a student of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch, who had founded a school in Prussia, whose most famous pupils included August Kiss and Friedrich Drake.
He left Germany to pursue his career in France. He settled in Paris, where he created numerous works bearing French titles. He specialized in animal and Oriental sculptures.
Salon catalogues show that he exhibited works there between 1861 and 1887. At the 1861 Salon, he presented a group entitled "Supreme Struggle of the Mortally Wounded Lion." At the 1869 Salon, he presented a plaster group entitled "Pheasants." At the 1870 Salon, he exhibited two bronze statuettes: "The Oracle of Flowers" and "The Return from the Fields."
He exhibited a Portrait of MAP at the Salon of 1879, and A Vandal at the Salon of 1887.
His most famous work is Kabyle Hunter Returning from the Hunt. His studio was located at 40 Cours de Vincennes, then at 11 Avenue Chevalier, La Varenne Saint-Hilaire.

Pierre Kjellberg, 19th-Century Bronzes, Dictionary of Sculptors, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005.

Bronze on view 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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