Jean-marc Bodin, Galloping Tiger

Jean-Marc Bodin, Galloping Tiger, bronze, signed and numbered 3/8, Bodin cast. Height 36 x 74 x 20 cm (base H 3 x 35 x 22 cm). Jean-Marc Bodin was born in 1965. He is one of the very few animal artists who personally carries out all stages of creating his bronze sculptures: mold making, casting, chasing, and patination. Jean-Marc Bodin studied sculpture at the Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts with Patrick Lang and François Cacheux. He entered the world of art foundries, working for Delval, Fonderies de la Plaine, and Ducros, learning the craft of foundry work. He set up his own sculpture studio and later opened his own art foundry in Pierrefitte, Seine-Saint-Denis, to create his bronze menagerie. "Nature is my model, and emotion is the source of my inspiration." Jean Marc Bodin was a laureate of the Paul Louis Weiler Institute in 1987, graduated in sculpture in 1989, and went on to win numerous prizes in exhibitions, including those in Saint Denis, Mantes la Jolie, the Fondation de France, the Salon des Artistes Français, and was a guest of honor at several salons, including the Salon des Artistes d'Ile de France 2018 in Versailles, for his masterful work as well as his career.