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Félix Charpentier
19th Century sculpture of Female Nude in Bronze, titled "La Chanson"

Name: 19th Century sculpture of Female Nude in Bronze, titled "La Chanson"
Brand: Félix Charpentier
Price: 9500 USD

About the Item

Félix-Maurice Charpentier was a well-known and successful sculptor active in Paris during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Working in marble, terra cotta, and bronze, Charpentier exhibited many works at the Salon as well as executed monumental commissions for the state. His work is characterized by the depiction of the nude, whether male or female, for which he exhibited a high-degree of proficiency and expressiveness. Charpentier was born in the hill town of Bollène in southern France in 1858. He began his initial artistic training at the age of sixteen, enrolling in the École des beaux-arts in nearby Avignon, where he studied under a local sculptor named Armand. In 1877, Charpentier moved to Paris and enrolled at the École des beaux-arts, where he studied with the nationally prominent Academic sculptors Pierre-Jules Cavelier and Amédee Doublemard. He debuted at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris in 1879, a venue at which he would continue to exhibit consistently every year except 1892, when he was involved in a commission for a monumental sculpture, to ever increasing popularity. In 1887, Charpentier received a second-place medal; another second-place medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889; a first-place medal in 1890; and a medal of honor in 1893. Charpentier was a successful and prolific artist. Over the course of his career, he executed approximately 350 works in bronze, terracotta, and marble, including fifteen large-scale memorial monuments for various French cities following the Great War. Félix-Maurice Charpentier was knighted by the Legion d’honneur in 1892 and made an officer in 1901. The sculpture identified as La Jeunesse (Youth) in the encyclopedias by Kjellberg and Berman is also identified as La Chanson (The Song) by numerous websites including the one maintained by descendents of the artist. This sculpture depicts a partially nude female figure with one arm adorned with a band of bells extended gracefully upwards and one arm dramatically outwards. The figure stands contra-posto with one foot resting on a tambourine and a jester’s scepter, and her mouth is partially parted as if she is engaged in singing. The marble of La Chanson was exhibited at the Salon in 1890, winning a first-place medal. Later, it was exhibited with several other sculptures by the artist at the Exposition Universelle in 1900, at which time it was praised by an art critic for L’Univers: SELECTED MUSEMS AND COLLECTIONS Musée du Louvre, Paris Musée d’Orsay, Paris (Jean-Henri Fabre; Improvisateur; Volupté; Les lutteurs; Femme à l’éponge; Bello Matinado; L’illusion) Musée Calvet, Avignon Musée des beaux-arts, Arras Musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher, Nogent-sur-Seine Musée de Tessé, Le Mans Musée Crozatier, Le Puy-en-Velay Place de Hôtel de Ville, Bollène Parc Monceau, Paris Jardin du Rocher des Doms, Avignon Grand Palais (façade), Paris Gare de Lyon (façade), Paris

Creator:
Félix Charpentier (1858 - 1924, French)
Dimensions:
Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Movement & Style:
Academic
Period:
Late 19th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Washington, DC
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU123825364241

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