Chryselephantine In Bronze Signed Camels Célestinanatole

Important chryselephantine sculpture in bronze with golden and ivory patina depicting Diana riding a prancing horse as an Amazon. Period cast iron. Marble plinth. Signé Célestin-Anatole Calmels was born in Paris on March 26, 1822 and died in 1906 in Lisbon was a pupil of François Joseph Bosio and James Pradier. In 1839, he obtained the second prize of Rome in sculpture which he shared with Jean-Claude Petit, while the first prize was awarded to Théodore-Charles Gruyère with the subject of the Oath of the Seven Heads before Thebes. arts of Paris in 1837, From 1843, he exhibited regularly at the Salon of French artists. Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, he was appointed corresponding member of the Academy of Arts in Lisbon in 1874. Around 1860, he settled permanently in Lisbon where he founded a family by marrying Maria da Piedade Désirat, of whom he has three sons. He organized a sculpture education there and his classes attracted many students. It is also in Portugal that his most famous works are to be found. He died in Lisbon in 1906 Amiens, Musée de Picardie: Calypso, Salon of 1853 and Universal Exhibition of 1855, Paulazzopardi.com