Louis Chalon (1866-1940) Large Bust 1900 In Gilt Bronze

Important gilt bronze sculpture from the Art Nouveau period around 1900 signed L.CHALON (Louis CHALON 1866-1940) Beautiful Naturalist composition with a female figure representing an elegant young woman in the bust wearing a large diadem and with a body richly adorned with flowers and refined geometric-sinuous patterns 1900 in the spirit of the School of Nancy. Note that an identical model was sold for €4,500 (excluding costs) in Paris at Drouot, Delettrez study, in the prestige sale "THE UNIVERSE OF DECORATIVE ARTS" on Friday July 17, 2020 around 3:00 p.m. Very good state . Dimensions: 54 cm high X 27 cm wide. Louis Chalon (1866-1940) is a French painter and sculptor. he studied with Jules Lefebre and Boulanger. He creates many interior objects (lamps, inkwells, vases, clocks), where he takes up the popular theme of the woman-flower. Louis Chalon exhibits regularly at the Salon of the Society of French Artists. He participated in the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900 and exhibited at the Salon from 1898 to 1911 as a painter, book illustrator and sculptor. The artistic current of Art Nouveau is represented in his works with ancient, mythological subjects, busts and Wagnerian figures. He is also the author of a remarkable series of illustrations by Rabelais. His works are exhibited at the Musée du Petit-Palais in Paris and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels.