Alfred Boucher (1850-1934) The Serbonne Mill, Grand Marin Valley (circa 1870-1880)

Alfred BOUCHER (1850-1934) The Serbonne Mill, Grand Marin Valley (circa 1870-1880) oil on panel 23.5 x 49.5 cm 39.5 x 49.5 cm (framed) Alfred Boucher, born September 23, 1850 in Bouy-sur-Orvin and died in Aix-les-Bains on August 18, 1934, was a French sculptor and painter. He enjoyed great acclaim during his lifetime and received numerous public commissions. He was the teacher of Camille Claudel and the founder of the artists' colony La Ruche in Paris. At the height of his fame, he was crowned with the grand prize for sculpture at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. After the Great War, using a new material, reinforced cement, Alfred Boucher still produced, at the end of his life, the war memorials of Nogent-sur-Seine (1920), and of Aix-les-Bains (1922).