Bronze 19th Century, 56 Cm, Moreau Louis Auguste 1834/1917, The Art Critic

Epoque : XIX ème, Bronze à la cire perdu et sur un socle en marbre rouge,

bronze très belle double patine et en excellent état.

Signed : Louis MOREAU, Côte Artprice jusqu'à 8 000 € pour des sujets similaires

Subject : the Art critic

Dimensions : total height : 56 cm, width : 30 cm, depth : 25 cm

marble base : diameter : 25 cm Height : 4 cm. And all : 14,300 Kg

Biography:

Auguste MOREAU 1834 / 1917

Auguste Louis Mathurin Moreau, born February 22, 1834 in Dijon and died November 11, 1917 in Malesherbes, was a French sculptor.

Auguste Moreau was the son of sculptor Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau and the younger brother of sculptors Hippolyte Moreau and Mathurin Moreau.

He began sculpting with his older brother Mathurin.

He made his debut at the 1861 Salon and continued to take an active part in the Salon des Artistes Français, an artistic group of which he was a member. He appeared at the 1910 Salon with Saint Jean and Le Message, a marble statuette.

His favorite subjects, allegories, putti, cupid, are treated with realism and grace.

Auguste is the only one of his siblings not to have received an official award. He is buried in the communal cemetery of Les Lilas.

Auguste Moreau produced mainly art bronzes. Several of his works are preserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux.

Museums:

Bordeaux: Child harvester

Dijon: Lover watching butterflies, Cupid, Ismael, Mme Olivet-Moreau

Reims: Amour à l'oiseau

Gray :La Boudeuse ou La Cruche cassée, bronze with brown patina, 58 × 20 × 19 cm, on deposit with the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Gray, Musée Baron-Martin.

Source Bénézitand Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs - Bronze du XIX° by Pierre Kjelberg, Editions de l'amateur, this bronze is referenced and pictured on page 507

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Bronze on view at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), on weekends.

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And on estimate for abroad

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