Isidore De Rudder Sculptures

ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR French, 1827-1901 "Standing Ram" Patinated bronze sand-cast ca. 1870 signed to base "I. BONHEUR" no foundry mark but almost certainly cast by Peyrol under...

ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR [after] French, 1827-1901 Striding Bull Patinated bronze signed in naturalistic base "I. BONHEUR" cast posthumously circa 1930-40 Item # 406THY02D A hands...

This is a Faun Woman Bronze Sculpture. It depicts a faun nude woman with goat legs who is lying back over a wreath made of vine branches and wit...

A fine, small-scale antique Art Nouveau cabinet bronze. In the form of a half-naked young woman in three-quarter profile. Likely an allegory to Summer or The Harvest (or possibly a...

Fabulous late 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a standing horse with wonderful rich dark brown lightly rubbed to mid/golden brown patina and excellent crisp surface detail, raised on a stepped integral base, signed I Bonheur ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 13 cm Length: 19 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book Ref Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Kjellberg Page no. 177 SKU: 8526 DESCRIPTION Isidore Bonheur Bonheur Cheval– Isidore Bonheur (1827 ~ 1901) was born on May 15th 1827 in Bordeaux, France, and died in Paris in 1901. He was an important Animalier sculptor, the brother of Rosa Bonheur, and brother-in-law to Hippolyte Peyrol the founder. The Bonheurs were a well known family of painters, sculptors and artists. Isidore studied painting under the tutelage of his father at a very early age. He moved on to sculpture in 1848 with his first Salon entry of a plaster study of An African Horseman attacked by a lion. Isidore Bonheur continued exhibiting his sculpture throughout the years, both at the Salon in Paris as well as the Royal Academy in London. He won medals at the Salon in 1865 and 1869, and won the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. Bonheur was awarded the Legion of Honneur in 1895. Isidore Bonheur’s bronzes range from domestic cattle and sheep, which he excelled at, to wild bears and lions as well as equestrian and hunting groups, all done in a very natural and realistic manner. His Le Grand Jockey...

A stunning antique bust from the Art Nouveau period. We think this is French and dates from around the 1890-1900 period. It depicts a young girl in a shawl, it is signed and numbe...

A entrancing late 19th century French Art Nouveau bronze bust entitled ‘Lucrece’, of a beautiful classical lady modeled in the Art Nouveau style with excellent rich brown variegated patina and smooth tactile surface detail. Signed E Villanis...

Beautiful terracotta bust from the factory of Friedrich Goldscheider from the art nouveau period. Girl with flowers. Polychrome terracotta It represents a female bust with her head t...

French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Ugo Cipriani (1887-1960), France, 1920s. A man operating a rudder. Measurements : Width : 31"(79cm), Height : 16.7"(42.5cm), Depth : 8.7"(22cm...

Beautiful alabaster sculpture of an Art Nouveau lady resting on a marble plinth. Signed R. Schoggi.

Superb and rare polychrome plaster sculpture representing the bust of a young woman wearing a bow dress and a hat. The bust is signed on the side but the signature is difficult to re...

An excellent early 20th Century patinated bronze study of Adam & Eve standing of a rock embracing each other with very fine dark brown patina and good hand finished detail, signed & ...