Edouard Drouot French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "Muse des Bois" c. 1900

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Edouard Drouot French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "Muse des Bois" c. 1900

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EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945) ART NOUVEAU BRONZE SCULPTURE OF DANCING MAIDEN Signed on base "E Drouot", titled "Muse des Bois" c. 1900 A particularly successful subject, this moving work is evocative and full of movement - the "Muse of the Woods" captures a young maiden alone in nature with a pair of wooden flutes, her dress tugged softly by the gentle wind as she looks off into the distance. Capturing the essence of the Art Nouveau movement, Drouot's sculpture is in many ways a reinvention of Pan embodied in the female in the midst of her naturalistic surroundings. It is a stunning cast, exquisitely chased and filed in a dreamy realism, not overly detailed to allow a certain suspension of reality in the moment. She rests over the original variated green and cream marble base with the gilded plaque along the front reading "Muse des Bois par Drouot". Inordinately striking, this is a precious selection for collectors of Art Nouveau sculpture. EDOUARD DROUOT Edouard Drouot was born in Sommevoire in the Haut Marne region on 3rd April 1859. Early in his career, Edouard Drouot was a successful painter, in addition to his sculpture, receiving an honourable mention at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900. Drouot studied in Paris under the renowned and successful Emile Thomas 1817-82, a sculptor who received numerous state commissions and produced portraits, monuments, allegorical and mythological works in marble and bronze. Drouot also studied under Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912), one of the renowned family of sculptors in bronze and marble. Drouot himself was highly successful and widely collected. He produced portrait busts, figurative works and both allegorical and mythological subjects. These are distinguished by a sense of movement, particularly evident in allegorical works such as “Printemps”, his Salon exhibit of 1897 or “L’Echo” with its swirling drapery, seen also in his allegory of Dusk. Drouot exhibited at the Salon from 1889 and continued to exhibit into the twentieth century, works such as “L'Eveil du Printemps” of 1906 and “Andromache” of 1912. Drouot worked in bronze, producing animalier works, North African subjects and Indians on horseback, but it is for his classical, beautifully formed, allegorical figures that he established and maintained his internationally renowned reputation. Drouot died in Paris in 1945. Literature: Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800-1930, Vol. II, Berman, p. 387, f. 1436 - titled "Ode to Pan" c. 1900 with green-black patina Bronzes of the Nineteenth Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, Kjellberg, p. 291-295 - identical example pictured p. 292 at 72.5 cm from it's 1984 Sotheby's sale E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Vol. IV, Grund, p. 1175-6 - Biography Measurements: 29 1/8" H x 8 3/8" base diameter Condition Report: Repatinated, the recent surface in exceptional conserved condition. Marble base with numerous chips around the edges. We have 37 images of this bronze sculpture on our primary website - a link is also available upon request.

Creator:
Edouard Drouot (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 29.13 in (74 cm)Diameter: 8.38 in (21.29 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1900
Condition:
Patina is not original, see condition notes.
Seller Location:
Shippensburg, PA
Reference Number:
Seller: 410WSY04A1stDibs: LU105901403782