19th century bronze, signed: Edouard DELABRIERE, Lion, First Game

19th Century Bronze, Signed: Signed Edouard DELABRIERE, Lion, First Game

Period: 19th century, Bronze in perfect condition, lost-wax casting, bronze with a beautiful patina.

Signed: Signed in the bronze on the base. Listed and valued artist.

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Artwork: "Lion, First Game," lion feeding its cubs with a hare
Dimensions: Height: 48 cm, Length: 70 cm, Depth: 23 cm, Weight: 28 kg

Biography:
Edouard Paul DELABRIERE 1829 / 1910
Édouard Delabrièrre, born in Paris on March 29, 1829, and died in the same city on February 7, 1910, was a French animal sculptor. He studied art to become a painter. He studied drawing and painting under Jean-Baptiste Delestre, a renowned painter and sculptor known as an art theorist.
Married to Anne-Eugénie Alléon in 1868, he was known for his sculptural talents and left behind a large number of animal creations in bronze, plaster, wood, and terracotta, which were particularly prized by collectors.
He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1848 to 1898 and received an honorable mention in 1859.
He exhibited his first sculpture at the Paris Salon in 1848, a wax creation depicting a terrier holding a hare.
From then on, Delabrierre devoted himself solely to animal sculpture, which would bring him fame. An animal sculptor influenced by Antoine-Louis Barye, he created almost exclusively groups or statuettes of animals. His cast iron works were produced by the Durenne art foundry and the Val d'Osne foundry under the direction of Pierre Louis Rouillard.

Museums:
France:
Amiens, Musée de Picardie: Indian Panther Devouring a Heron, Salon of 1859 (honorable mention), bronze group.
Paris:
Père-Lachaise Cemetery: Eugénie Delabrièrre, bronze medallion, 18 cm.
Louvre Palace:
Visconti Courtyard, pediment: Horsemanship, 1857, stone high relief.
The Musée d'Orsay holds a photograph of the sketch taken by Édouard Baldus between 1855 and 1857.
Flora Wing, façade: Group of Stags, 1866, stone high relief.[9]

Turkey:
Istanbul (Yeniköy, Sarıyer), Kalender Ordu Evi Military Circle: Lion Slaying a Serpent, 1864, marble.

Source: Bénézit, Dictionary of 19th-Century Sculptors

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Bronze on view at our gallery in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France), on weekends.
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And upon request for international shipping.

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