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Art Subject: Horse
Vasili Grachev Troika Passage
Located in Dallas, TX
Vasili Grachev, 1831-1905. A patinated chocolate brown bronze grouping of horses pulling a troika with figures. A Classic Russian bronze grouping of three horses tearing through the ...
Category
1870s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eugene Alexandrovich Lanceray (Russian, 1848-1886) Cossack on Horse
Located in Dallas, TX
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lanceray (Russian, 1848-1886)
19th Century, Possibly post humus
Cossack on Horseback
Gilt bronze
signed in Cyrillic
Measures: Height 8 3/4 x width 8 3/4 inches....
Category
1890s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mounted Jockeys Taking a Jump
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Bronze (After) Henri (Comte) Geoffroy De Ruille, Mounted Jockeys (French 1842-1922)
"Mounted Jockeys Taking a Jump"
40"long x 26" high x 20 ½" wide
20th Century
Medium: Patinaed B...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
" THE LAST DROP " Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912) BRONZE SCULPTURE 1903 WESTERN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Charles Schreyvogel
(1861-1912)
New York / New Jersey Artist
Image Size: 12" x 18.50" x 5"
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
1903
"The Last Drop"
Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912) New York / Ne...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse
By Aga Ousseinov
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture, from 1996, is a powerful rendering of a horse rearing. It is not uncommon to see stallions rearing; it is a tactic that can be used to dislodge a predator, to...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$40,000
Winning the Race Galloping Horse and Rider in Bronze by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
Rumsey’s specialties included equestrian sculptures – portraits of polo players and prize horses, as well as of cowboys, cattle and horses as metaphors. He worked principally in bron...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Girardon’s Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV
Located in New Orleans, LA
King Louis XIV, one of France's greatest monarchs, sits confidently astride a prancing steed in this bronze equestrian statue. The extraordinary work is a reduction of the portrait of the Sun King by François Girardon, one of the most noted and influential sculptors of the period. Looking back to the great masterpieces of antiquity, Girardon took his inspiration from the seminal ancient Roman marble of Marcus Aurelius, now in the Musei Capitoline (Rome). Louis XIV is thus portrayed here as a conquering Roman hero, his costume adorned with many neoclassical motifs, hand outstretched in a gesture of command. The result is an imposing royal portrait of power and absolute authority that pays homage to one of the most important sovereigns in French history.
It was in 1685, at the very height of his rule, when Louis XIV commissioned the monumental bronze of himself from the great Girardon. As sculptor to the king, Girardon was a key figure in the decoration of the gardens at the Château de Versailles, and he was later commissioned to complete several important royal...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trois Temps Three Times Horse Galop Bronze Sculpture Animal In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Trois Temps Three Times Horse Galop Bronze Sculpture Animal In Stock
Lucie Sentjens (Brussels, 1959) is a sculptor, graduated from the Cambre in 1982 in the studio of Rik Poot.
She ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Neon Desert" - UV inks printed on neon acrylic- hand formed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink
"Beasts of Burden" (2023) By Andy Evansen, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Beasts of Burden" (2023) by Andy Evansen is an original handmade watercolor painting on paper that depicts horses resting in the shade alongside a small creek. This piece measures 15 x 22 inches and 21 x 28 inches in its frame.
Andy Evansen’s interest in art started in childhood, as he can’t recall a time when he wasn’t drawing. He began painting watercolors in the mid 1990s as a change of pace from his career as a medical illustrator. Choosing a ‘style’ was not difficult, as Andy was always inspired by the watercolor paintings of British artists Trevor Chamberlain, David Curtis...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oil, Board
Le cheval demi-sang arabe
Located in Mc Lean, VA
A nineteenth-century cast of Antoine-Louis Barye's Le cheval demi-sang arabe (no. A125-Poletti; A148-Pivar), with nice patina.
Poletti and Richarme, Barye: ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse, unsigned. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to ...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Hercules and the Centaur Nessus Bronze
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary Italian bronze embodies all of the hallmarks of the very best Florentine sculptures of the 17th century. The work is crafted in the Mannerist style of the late Ren...
Category
17th Century Mannerist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Edition of 200 ex.
Free shipment worldwide.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Recycled plastic.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Antique Bolognese Dog- Dresden Porcelain- after Meissen Johann Gottlieb Kirchner
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bolognese Dog- Dresden Porcelain-
After Meissen master artist Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775).
Carl Thieme founded Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in 1872 in the city of Pot...
Category
Early 1900s Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
"Three Bags Full" Silver-colored bronze depiction of a sheep.
By Wayne Salge
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jaguar Standing Bronze Sculpture Wildlife Wild Animal Realisme Contemporary
By Chris Tap
Located in Utrecht, NL
Jaguar Standing Bronze Sculpture Wildlife Wild Animal Realisme Contemporary
Chris Tap (1973, Amsterdam) attended university where he studied ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Symbole
Located in PARIS, FR
Horse "Symbole"
by René PARIS (1881-1970)
Animal sculpture in bronze with a nuanced light brown patina
signed on the base "René Paris"
and dated "1942"
Cast by "A. Valsuani" (with f...
Category
1940s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$10,730
Bronze Colt 6/8 by Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Portrait of a Trotting Stallion
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina,
Signed: I. BONHEUR
17 x 11 3/4
A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones.
Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899.
Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy.
An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Caballo con Hombre Pájaro Horse With A Bird Man Rider
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Caballo con Hombre Pájaro Horse With A Bird Man Rider
The surrealist composition features a stylized horse with a seated human figure bearing a bird-like head, reflecting Bustamante'...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A bronze group with nuanced dark brown patina
Located in PARIS, FR
Hunting mare strapped by a lad
by Arthur Marie Gabriel comte du Passage (1838-1909)
A rare bronze group with nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the base "A. du Passage"
Period cast...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Three Horses by Pierre Yermia - Animal sculpture, bronze bas-relief, blue patina
Located in Paris, FR
Three Horses is a bronze bas-relief sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 42 × 81 × 2 cm (16.5 × 31.9 × 0.8 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lady Godiva
Located in London, GB
bronze with dark brown patina
72 x 69 cm (28⅜ x 27⅛ in.)
signed 'L. MIGNON'; with an indistinct foundry inscription
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, London
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$20,651
Arthur Waagen’s 'The Nomadic Virtuoso’ in Patinated metal
Located in New York, NY
Encounter the resonant blend of motion and music in 'The Nomadic Virtuoso,' a captivating painted metal sculpture by Arthur Waagen. This art piece from the late 19th century depicts ...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Caballo Carrusell / Carousell Horse - Mexican Folk Art Cactus Fine Art
By Miguel Martinez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
Caballo Carrusell / Carousell Horse
This Mexican Wood Horse was made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with natural dyes and acrylic pa...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Half-blood Horse, head raised
Located in PARIS, FR
Half-blood Horse, head raised
by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875)
A bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina
Signed on the base " Barye "
Cast by " F. Barbedienne fondeur " (with th...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Entrance of General Bonaparte in Cairo, 1798
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Léon Gérôme,
(1824-1904)
"Entrance of General Bonaparte in Cairo, 1798"
Bronze with medal patina
Signed on the base “GEROME” and on the back part “SIOT Fondeur Paris”
Dimensi...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Thoroughbred Race Horse Bronze Sculpture Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an equestrian sculpture of a Race Horse or Polo Pony of exquisite beauty. It is signed Delabrierre and does not appear to have any foundry marks. from my research I think this might be cast iron, A material he was known for. it might be bronze I am not positive. it is not dated but it definitely has age to it.
Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912)
Edouard Delabriere was born in Paris in 1829. Delabrierre was an important member of the Animalier school in the late 19th Century. Having been educated by the painter Jean Baptiste-Delestre, he found his true talent in sculpture and later made his debut at the Salon of 1848, where he showed a wax model titled ‘Terrier holding a Hare’. Between 1848 and 1898 he regularly exhibited his lifelike sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta Galloping Horse. Signed by Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981)
Located in Firenze, IT
Terracotta galloping horse.
Signed on the base by the sculptor Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).
Period: 1930-40
Terracotta modeled by hand by the artist. Unique piece.
Dimensions: Heigh...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Veal - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pio VI blessing on horseback during the Cavalcata for the Possession
Located in Roma, RM
Volpato or Cialli manufacture, molded by Lorenzo Weber, Pio VI blessing on horseback during the Cavalcata for the Possession
English white terracotta of 45 x 29 x 17 cm, datable to...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Untitled
By Bill Nebeker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a bronze sculpture by Bill Nebeker. Signed on reverse base "Bill Nebeker CA 6/30". The full size is 23 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.
Bill Nebeker is an American artist ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,000
'Cerberus’ Cousin Horserus'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Small Horse V by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, elegant, light patina
Located in Paris, FR
Small Horse V is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 52 × 41 × 13 cm (20.5 × 16.1 × 5.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Susi Con Cavallo - Horse and Female Figure One-of-a-kind Cubist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Maximus: Circus Horse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a lifetime masterpiece by American artist Maxine Kim Stussy.
“Maxumus: Circus Horse”, is an original wood assemblage of both ha...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe Foundry
limited edition bronze
solid casting
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994)
Selec...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horses of San Marcos, steel wall hanging sculpture
Located in Santa Fe, NM
fabricated steel
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Running Horse - Bronze Sculpture by C. Mongini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Running Horse - Sculpture is an original sculpture realized by the Italian artist Costanzo Mongini (1918-1981) during the 20th century.
Edition of 99 exemplars realized in bonded br...
Category
1970s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Rodeo Ben" - UV inks printed on acrylic hand formed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mirror, Acrylic Polymer
"Electric Pony 1" - frosted and fluorescent acrylic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
"Electric Pony 2" - frosted and fluorescent acrylic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
"Mud" - UV inks printed on acrylic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink
Knight - Sculpture by Lorenzo Servalli - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
A Mighty Sculpture, in Excellent Condition, an Authentic Brass Creation of 1975, proposed by the Sculptor Lorenzo Servalli, with which the Artist cele...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Constelación Del Caballo Menor, Bronze Tabletop Sculpture by Binkele
By Lina Binkele
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bronze sculpture by Lina Binkele is a modern expressionist rendering of a horse. In the classic tradition, her horse sculptures capture the wonder of the animal's anatomy and the ma...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Labour Horse Sculpture Bronze Standing Animal Power In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Labour Horse Sculpture Bronze Standing Animal Power In Stock
Lucie Sentjens (Brussels, 1959) is a sculptor, graduated from the Cambre in 1982 in the studio of Rik Poot.
She takes e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Oohiye, Bronze Sculpture by Clemente Spampinato
Located in Long Island City, NY
A classic relic from the American West, Spampinato's exquisite solid bronze sculpture is beauty, grace and action-packed. Signature inscribed on sculpture and plate stamped on base. ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Garibaldi Riding a Horse - Original Bronze Sculpture by Carlo Rivalta
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi Riding A Horse is an original bronze sculpture realized by Carlo Rivalta. Signed by the artist.
Beautiful and important sculpture representing the most famous Italian Hero...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
2049 Rider Little Model Bronze Gold leaf
Located in Pasadena, CA
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, the sculpture has always been part of the environment of Elisabeth Cibot. She finds it again wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Horse w spots Ceramic Vase (Yellowstone Wild Life) White Stoneware, glossy glaze
By Jesse Fales
Located in Cody, WY
JESSE FALES, Spotted Cream & White Horse Vase, white stoneware and glaze, 2024. This handcrafted vase or candleholder pot channels the simplicity, strength,...
Category
2010s Folk Art Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Chispa 3/17
Located in Napa, CA
Siri Hollander, born in New York, lived most of her childhood in Andalusia, Spain, where the local community revolved around fairs and fiestas. Influenced by a family of artists and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Edition of 200 ex.
Free shipment worldwide.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Recycled plastic.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Veulen Pony Horse Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Animal New In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Veulen Pony Horse Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Animal New In Stock
About Jits Bakker (1937–2014)
Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
"I Forgot I Have Friends", Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glaze, Abstracted
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kensuke Yamada (b. 1979) was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He received his MFA from the University of Montana in 2009 and has a BA from The Evergreen State College, in Olympia,...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Early Winter
By Willem Volkersz
Located in Bozeman, MT
"High art and low culture need each other to renew their vitality--
without each to enhance the other, both would full flat."
Donald Kuspit, American Ceramics, Jan/Feb 1999
Artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Horse With Two Riders Life Size Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Horse With Two Riders
Large Outdoor Bronze Sculpture 1974
Artist signed, edition 2/6. Light blue green patina.
Deaccessioned from the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
This is a stunning ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Donkey - Figurative Animalistic Sculpture Bronze Patina Dark
Located in Sofia, BG
"Donkey" is a monumental bronze sculpture covered with patina.
It is created by the Bulgarian artist Pavel Quoytcheff.
About the artwork:
NEW MOVEMENT & STYLE: Contemporary
Editio...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Edition of 200 ex.
Free shipment worldwide.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Recycled plastic.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Mare - hunting horse by Josuë Dupon 1864-1935
Located in Gent, VOV
A beautiful large bronze sculpture of a proud standing mare. Old sand cast created during the artist Josuë Dupon's lifetime.
Josuë Dupon (also Josué or Josue Dupon) was a Flemish sculptor and engraver. His work also includes painting and graphics.
He received his training through evening classes at the academy of Roeselare and Antwerp (1884) and later at the National Institute of Fine Arts (1887). In 1891, he won a gold medal with the monumental sculpture group Samson kills the lion and was runner-up in the Prix de Rome for sculpture. From that year on, his work appeared regularly in exhibitions at home and abroad. His reputation was such, that he became one of a select group of sculptors allowed by King Leopold II to carve statues in Ivory, which was imported from the Congo, the Belgian colony. In 1893 his exceptionally refined ivory statue of Diana was bought by the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which also acquired his spectacular bronze Vulture defending its prey a year later.
Working in every genre and mastering every technique and material, Josuë Dupon became best known as a sculptor of exotic animals. He was equally capable of faithfully expressing anatomical detail as of rendering the animals' nature. Josuë Dupon was a technically faultless realist, with a sense of the dramatic, a feeling for decorative complexity and a tendency towards idealizing. The placement of his camel driver and two bronze groups at the entrance to Antwerp Zoo confirmed this reputation as animalier.
The career that Dupon subsequently built, brought him numerous important awards and an appointment as professor at the Antwerp Academy, a tenure he held between 1905 and 1934. Besides animals, he sculpted busts, war memorials and public monuments. For one of the largest sculptural monuments and the largest fountain in the city of Buenos Aires, called Monument of the Two Congresses, he collaborated with his good friend, the Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae. Josuë Dupon created several statues of mighty condors for this monument.
At the start of his career his conception of art was strongly influenced by traditional 19th century artistic ideals. After the turn of the century his compositions and surface treatment changed and became more modern. He met Rembrandt Bugatti around 1905 or 1906 in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris and invited him to Antwerp. Bugatti began travelling to Antwerp in 1906 to observe and sculpt the inhabitants of its zoo, which was then considered the best in the world, and Dupon allowed Bugatti to stay with him during several of his early visits. As such Dupon became a friend and a bit of a father figure to Rembrandt Bugatti.
Dupon did not play a very active part in artistic movements or associations. Dupon remains an important sculptor not only through his body of work but also because of the influence he exercised through interactions and collaboration with other sculptors such as Lagae, Bugatti and Bourdelle but also because he trained leading sculptors such as Albéric Collin (1886-1962), Willy Kreitz...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
