Squirrel Table Att. To Gaston Le Bourgeois

Unique table "Aux écureuils" Att. to Gaston Le Bourgeois In marble and stone Very good condition 1930 Biography: Gaston Etienne Le Bourgeois (1880-1956) known as Gaston Le Bourgeois is a French sculptor. He worked from adolescence in his father's workshop and traveled all over France for the restoration of churches, statues and various monuments. Once married, he moved to Paris rue du banquier (13th) where his neighbor and friend was none other than the animal sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti. The Bourgeois then moved to Dammartin-en-Goële (77) from 1910 to 1914. Retired because of the loss of an eye following a shard of stone, he created the "Atelier des Mutilés" which consists, with a tool adapted to make wooden toys, furniture, and where he collaborates with François Carnot (curator of the Museum of Decorative Arts) and Henri Rapin (Decorator). In 1918 he finally moved to Rambouillet (78) in a larger property, which he arranged to have different workshops (wood, stone, log storage, machinery). In 1921 Le Bourgeois held his first personal exhibition at the Marsan pavilion at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Participating in the international exhibition of 1925, he met with great success there. Between these various exhibitions he responds to numerous orders from the State and individuals such as the designer Jacques Doucet, the silk of Lyon Ducharne, Ch. cathedrals together with architects or decorators such as Ruhlmann. At that time Gaston Le Bourgeois also devoted part of his time to teaching sculpture at the school of the Union centrale des Arts Décoratifs. The war once again interrupted his activity and tested him psychologically. The Bourgeois then turned more towards religious works, without forgetting animal sculpture.