Football: Goal Shooting - Edouard Fraisse 1880 - 1945

Height: 28 cm Length: 21 cm Width: 25 cm
Signature On the right rear of the terrace.
Material Bronze with green patina.
Composed of several pieces, the bronze is complete.

It was in the heart of Burgundy, in Beaune, that Édouard Fraisse was born on May 14, 1880. He began his schooling there, and was initiated into painting and sculpture by Émile Goussery (1867 - 1941), who then gave drawing lessons in all public schools in Beaune. The young Edouard continued in Dijon before joining the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He followed the teachings of the academic sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905), the sculptor and medalist Jules Chaplain (1839 - 1909), the sculptor Jules Coutan (1848 - 1939) and the medalist Frédéric de Vernon (1858 - 1912).
While already participating in Salons, he was a Member of French Artists, he discovered the world of sport in 1919, during the Inter-Allied Games. From then on, Édouard Fraisse devoted his talents to sport, even if, as a sculptor, he also produced some busts and monuments to the dead (such as that of Saulieu, made in 1921).
He is, between the wars, the most prestigious artist of "sports" sculpture. He is considered the inventor of sports numismatics, before him it simply did not exist. Gold medalist at the 1937 Salon, Édouard Fraisse surfed the wave of fame all his life before dying, relatively prematurely, at the age of 65, on September 13, 1945, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Édouard Fraisse's sculptures have a style very marked by Art Deco. It resolutely adopts a purity of lines, free from any frills, very effective in rendering both the fluidity, clarity and vigor of the sports movement.
Like our Footballer, almost the majority of his sculptures adopt a green patina.

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