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Proof in bronze with brown patina , of a standing bull by Louis Vidal (1831-1892) .
Produced in 1867, this meticulously sculpted bronze highlights the power of an animal synonymous with vitality .
This sculpture is
one of the artist's major works , created by Louis Vidal when
he was blind .
Famous animal sculptor Louis Vidal , known as
Blind Vidal , or
Vidal-Navatel , was visually impaired from an early age , before becoming blind around 1853 ,
he then replaced sight with touch to model his sculptures .
The sculpture rests on a naturalistic oval terrace and bears the sculptor's signature
“Vidal (aveugle)” , in hollow .
Early edition bronze , second half of the 19th century .
Perfect state of preservation and patina .
Sizes : 16 cm x 22.2 cm
Louis Vidal (1831-1892)
Louis Vidal , also known as “
Blind Vidal” or
“Vidal-Navatel” , was
a famous French animal sculptor .
Born in Nîmes on December 6 , 1831 , he grew up in a family of artists , his stepfather being the painter
"Alexandre Colin" , who married his mother in a second marriage , and his half-brother Paul-Alfred Colin .
He began his training by
studying anatomy , before going blind in 1853 ,
which prevented him from pursuing this path .
He then turned to sculpture .
He studied with animal sculptors
Antoine-Louis Barye and
Pierre Louis Rouillard , and
became an animal sculptor himself ,
replacing sight with touch .
Louis Vidal is best known for his sculpture of a “Roaring Lion”, as well as a bronze
“Bull” ,
donated by the State to the Nîmes Museum of Fine Arts in 1867 .
Louis Vidal worked in particular with
Alfred Barye ,
son of his master Antoine-Louis Barye .
In 1888 , the artist became
professor of modeling at the Braille School in Paris .
His 1865 portrait by photographer Étienne Carjat , acquired by
the National Museums in 1986 , is now housed at
the Orsay Museum in Paris .
Louis Vidal died on May 9, 1892 at the Quinze-Vingts hospital in Paris .
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