Very Large Orientalist Bronze, 100x90 Cm, Max Arthur Waagen 1833/1898, Return From The Hunt, Early Period

Period: early 20th century,

Lost-wax bronze, beautiful patina, in excellent condition.

Signed: “Barye F.” in bronze on the base. (for Barye Foundry)

Subject: A Kabyle Hunter 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, Lithuania) in 1833 and died in Paris in 1898.

Little is known about his life. He was a student of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch, who had founded a school in Prussia; among Rauch’s most famous students were August Kiss and Friedrich Drake.

He left Germany to pursue a career in France. He settled in Paris, where he created numerous works with French titles. He specialized in animal and Oriental sculptures.

The Salon catalogs show that he exhibited works there between 1861 and 1887. At the 1861 Salon, he presented a group sculpture titled *The Mortal Struggle of the Mortally Wounded Lion*. At the 1869 Salon, he presented a plaster group titled *Pheasants*. At the 1870 Salon, he exhibited two bronze statuettes: *The Oracle of the Flowers* and *Return from the Fields*. He exhibited a *Portrait of Mr. A. P.* at the 1879 Salon and *A Vandal* at the 1887 Salon.

His most famous work is *Kabyle Hunter Returning from the Hunt*.

His studio was located at 40 Cours de Vincennes and later at 11 Avenue Chevalier in La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire.

Pierre Kjellberg, *19th-Century Bronzes: A Dictionary of Sculptors*, Les Editions de l’Amateur, Paris, 2005

Bronze on display at our gallery in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France) on weekends.

Free shipping within France.

Shipping to other countries available upon request.

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