Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
French, 1824-1887
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was a French sculptor. Carrier-Belleuse was born on 12th June 1824 at Anizy-le-Château, Aisne, France. He began his training as a goldsmith's apprentice. He was a student of David d'Angers and briefly studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. His career is distinguished by his versatility and his work outside France, in England between 1850–55 and in Brussels around 1871. His name is perhaps best known because Auguste Rodin worked as his assistant between 1864 and 1870. The two traveled to Brussels in 1871 and by some accounts, Rodin assisted Carrier-Belleuse's architectural sculpture for the Brussels Stock Exchange.
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Artist: Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Rare Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, by A. Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Queens, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1824-1887)
A rare seated bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding his walking stick and hat, with a book in his ri...
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19th Century Academic Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse A Figural Bronze Sculpture Melodie
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824 - 1887)
Female Figural Bronze Sculpture Melodie (Melody)
A young lady with a lyre in bronze with a dark green patina
19th Century
31" H x ...
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19th Century Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Reading Woman / - The golden glow of imagination -
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
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Pair of 19th Century Busts by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed: A. Carrier-Belluese
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23 x 10 x 9" female
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After Albert-Ernest Carrier Belleuse Bisque Plotchrome Persian Maiden
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Soquel, CA
Bisque bust with ploychrome enamel decorated with painted gilt and raised on a circular socle with a square plinth. After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse by Ferdinand and Bing Co. an ...
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Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Enamel
The Birth of Venus
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
The Birth of Venus
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with dual patina, nuanced dark brown and gilded patina
signed "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
France
circa ...
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1870s French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Cupid and Psyche
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Cupid and Psyche
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze group with nuanced brown patina
signed on the base "Carrier-Belleuse"
old edition cast
France
circa 1870
hei...
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Late 19th Century French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Susanna
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Susanna
by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with nuanced brown patina
signed to the side " A. Carrier "
old period cast
France
circa 1860
height 62 cm
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1860s French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Cigale
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Cigale (Cicada)
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with nuanced dark brown patina
signed "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
old edition cast
France
circa 1870
heigh...
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1870s French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Caress of Love
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love"
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
Reposing on its orig...
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1870s French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
La Fileuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in London, GB
signed 'A. CARRIER-BELLEUSE' (on base)
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Mid-19th Century Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Diana with an arrow
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Diana with an arrow
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with a dual light and dark brown patina
signed on the base "Carrier-Belleuse"
inscribed on a front plaque "Diane à la Flèche par Carrier-Belleuse (Sculptr)"
France
circa 1870
height 83 cm
arrow added probably in the 20th c.
Biography :
Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse known as Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) was one of the most prolific artists of the century and had the greatest successes under the Second Empire, enjoying the personal support of Napoleon III. His work was greatly influenced by the style of the Italian Renaissance and that of the 18th century, which he helped to bring up to date.
In 1837, the young Carrier-Belleuse apprenticed in the workshop of the engraver Bauchery. He was admitted soon after to the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier. Through François Arago, he met the sculptor David d'Angers who facilitated his admission to the School of Fine Arts. Carrier-Belleuse entered it in 1840. Noted for his skill by the great bronze companies in Paris such as Barbedienne and Denière, he soon received numerous orders for models for candelabras, pendulums, fittings for fireplaces, etc. In 1848, probably at the initiative of François Arago, who became head of state, he received his first public order for a small statue of "Mademoiselle Rachel singing La Marseillaise". In 1851, he appeared for the first time at the Salon of French Artists, where he presented two bronze medallions. From 1851 to 1855, Carrier-Belleuse stayed in England, in Stoke-on-Trent where he served as director of the modeling and drawing school of the Minton house, a large porcelain manufacturer.
Back in France, Carrier-Belleuse moved to Paris in a large workshop located 15 rue de la Tour d´Auvergne. From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Napoleon III, "Angelica" (1866) or even "Hebe asleep" (1869). At the Salon of 1867, his group entitled "Messiah" earned him the medal of honor of sculpture. It was acquired by the State to adorn the Chapel of the Virgin in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church.
Carrier-Belleuse acquired a great reputation in parallel for his terracotta busts which, in many respects, recall those of 18th century artists. He made portraits of a large number of celebrities of his time. He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He also modelled numerous busts of mythological inspiration and historical and artistic portraits like Marie Stuart, Shakespeare or even Mozart.
Carrier-Belleuse used and trained in his workshop in the rue de la Tour d´Auvergne many young talented artists such as Alexandre Falguière, Jules Desbois...
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1870s French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Caress of Love
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love"
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
Resting on a revolvi...
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Late 19th Century French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Caress of Love
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love"
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
Resting on a revolvi...
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1870s French School Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Leda and the Swan
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Missouri, MO
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887)
"Leda and the Swan" c .1858
Bronze w/Gold Patina
18 x 24 x 14
Signed "A. Carrier"
Based upon a c...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Sculptures
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Bronze
Price Upon Request
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