Sculpture - Race Horse Galloping By Pierre Lenordez (1815 - 1892) - Bronze XIXth Century

Bronze sculpture representing a jockey on his horse , jumping a hurdle , by Pierre Lenordez .
Nuanced brown patina .
Signature of the sculptor " P. LENORDEZ " on the naturalistic terrace , richly chiselled .
Old cast iron .
19th century period .
Very good state .

Pierre Lenordez (1815 - 1892)

Pierre Le Nordez is considered one of the best specialists in equestrian sculpture of his time .

He acquired a certain celebrity by producing sculptures , of the great winners of Horse Races , such as " Monarque " (Musée de Normandie in Caen) or
" Gladiateur " (Château-Musée de Saumur) , or even scenes with the horse as the main subject .
He began exhibiting at the " Salon " in 1855 with a waxwork of " Baron " , a horse from the Haras Impérial du Bois de Boulogne .
He will exhibit there four more times until 1877 .

He is the author of the horse of the equestrian sculpture of " Jeanne d'Arc " commissioned by his nephew , Albert Le Nordez , for Montebourg , his birthplace .
Other monumental statues can be seen such as , " The monument to Jehan de Grouchy " (Fonte) in a square in Harfleur (Seine-Maritime) or " Picker on horseback " (Fonte, 2.45 m) in the courtyard from Château Perrier in Épernay (Marne) .
Pierre Le Nordez also distinguished himself in the history subjects that were very popular in his time .
One of his most important works is " Le Capitaine d'Estouteville during the defense of Mont Saint-Michel " (Plaster , Avranches museum) .

His knowledge of the horse encouraged him to write a work on hippology published in 1886 , " The Horse , its conformation and its breeding " .
Back in Normandy , Pierre Le Nordez taught sculpture for ten years at the Ecole Municipale des Beaux-Arts in Caen , training many students , the most famous of whom was Arthur Le Duc , who was to his turn as a great equestrian sculptor .