By Aimé-Jules Dalou
Located in PARIS, FR
This Peasant resting is a subject that is included in the famous suite commonly called "little workers" by Jules Dalou (1838-1902)
Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina
cast by Susse Frères - stamped with the founder's seal
France
created around 1890 and cast after his death
height 12,5 cm
A similar model reproduced inJules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, Exhibition held at the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 2013, page 288, n°220.
Biography :
Aimé-Jules Dalou, said Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was a French sculptor, born from Protestants glovers craftsmen who raised in secularism and love of the Republic. Jules Dalou was very young talented for modeling and drawing, which earned him the attention of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who made him entered in 1852 in the Little School, the future National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. In 1854, he was admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Paris, where he studied painting in the workshop of Abel de Pujol and sculpture in the workshop of Francisque Duret...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Aimé-Jules Dalou Art