Polychrome Engraving Signed Léon Danchin Depicting A Griffin With A Pheasant Rooster In Its Mouth.

- Polychrome framed engraving signed Léon Danchin depicting a griffin with a rooster pheasant in its mouth.
- Stained wood frame and glass pane.
- Signed in pencil lower right by the artist in the margin and numbered left 287/500.
- Period: 1st quarter 20th century circa 1921-1931.
- Léon Danchin, born in Lille on June 21, 1887 and died in Bergues on August 4, 1938, was a French sculptor, animal painter and
engraver.
- Léon Danchin was attracted to drawing and hunting from an early age, which were to become his two passions.
- After training as a sculptor with two great masters from Lille, Jean Joire and Giacomo Merculiano, Léon Danchin devoted himself more specifically to watercolors, then to printmaking. The creator of animal hyperrealism, particularly canine, he is recognized and esteemed worldwide for his imitated, never equaled, hunting engravings;
- Danchin remains the most popular 20th century animal artist among the general public.