Painted Terracotta Bust - Art Nouveau -georges Coudray

Terracotta bust of a woman, Art Nouveau by Georges Coudray. Georges Charles Coudray 1862 - 1932 French sculptor and medalist; Student of Falguière, Allouard and Gabriel-Jules Thomas. He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French Artists from 1883 to 1890, more sporadically until 1903. There he presents many busts and statuettes. Her sculptures in plaster, natural stone and terracotta and often in bronze, of young elegant women or drawn from mythological subjects are mainly in the Art Nouveau style. Coudray is also known for its orientalist works. We also owe him some medals published for the Monnaie de Paris.