French Animal Sculptures

Art Deco Piranha Fish Bookends Pressed Glass, Ferjac France 1930s French Presglass Fish Bookends, by Fernand Jacob, also known as Ferjac France 1930s. ‘Poisson’. Grey, transparent, f...

Marcel Bouraine Art Deco Bronze Bird Bookends 1930s These Art Deco bookends by Marcel Bouraine are playful pieces made of silvered bronze and moun...

1920´s Art Deco polo match bronze sculpture. Scene of two polo players on their horses. Made of Silvered Bronze mounted of a Italian Portoro marble base...

Decorate a man's office or library with this elegant heavy dog and bird sculpture! Created in France circa 2000 and standing on a thick rectangular black marble base, the composition...

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE French, 1796-1875 "Dromadaire Monté par un Arabe" Nuanced green and black patinated bronze signed in base "BARYE" cold-stamped foundr...

This elegant modernist frosted crystal leopard was realized in France by the legendary maker Lalique, circa 1980. It depicts a hunting panther, crawling low to the ground on all four...

Our Magnificent Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz silver bronze, Rabbit is in Beautiful conditions! it has a marble base and it is signed on the base Ed. M. Sandoz and Susse Freres Pari...

PRIMAVERA (1926) - Claude Levy (attribution) / Edouard Chassaing sculptor. Large pigeon posed in profile in crackled white earthenware slightly cracked. F...

An attractive modern limited edition bronze study of a resting rabbit with excellent smooth tactile surface and good colour, signed, numbered and stamped Landowski Foundry ~ Cire Per...

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...

This striking sculpture, signed by renowned French sculptor M. Guiraud Riviere, masterfully captures the dynamic movement of a horse and rider. The figure is crafted in bronze with e...

Gorgeous stylized polar bear sculpture by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the underside, the...

"Taureau Debout" by Rosa Bonheur. An excellent late 19th Century French animalier bronze study of a standing bull with fine hand chased surface that accentuates the muscle definition of the subject, signed Rosa B. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Measures: Width: 32 cm Height: 18 cm Depth: 11cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Page no. 174 DESCRIPTION Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) The most popular artist of nineteenth-century France, Rosa Bonheur was also one of the first renowned painters of animals and the first woman awarded the Grand Cross by the French Legion of Honor. A professional artist with a successful career, Bonheur lived in two consecutive committed relationships with women. Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, Marie Rosalie Bonheur was the oldest of the four children of Raimond Oscar Bonheur (1796-1849) and Sophie Marquis. Bonheur's father was an art teacher who came from a poor family, while her mother, a musician, had descended from a middle-class family and had been her husband's art student. Bonheur's father, who taught drawing and landscape painting, was an ardent member of the utopian Saint Simeon society. The group held idealistic beliefs about the reform of work, property, marriage, and the role of women in society. Most importantly, for the artist's future, the Saint Simeons questioned traditional gender norms and firmly believed in the equality of women. While teaching artistic techniques to his oldest daughter, Raimond Bonheur also encouraged her independence and taught her to consider art as a career. In 1828 Raimond Bonheur joined the Saint Simeons at their retreat outside Paris. Sophie and the children joined him in Paris the following year. Four years later, however, Raimond abandoned his family to live in isolation with his fellow Saint Simeons. Sophie Bonheur died in 1833 at the age of thirty-six. Rosa was only eleven years old when her mother died, but she was aware of the heavy price her mother paid for married life with a man who was more dedicated to his own ideals than to meeting his family's needs. Rosa also saw that her mother's marriage led to poverty and her death from exhaustion. After her mother's death, Bonheur was taken in by the Micas family who resided nearby. Mme Micas and Bonheur's mother had been friends. When Mme Bonheur died, the Micas family paid Raimond Bonheur's debts and cared for Rosa. Their daughther, Nathalie, who would later become an amateur inventor and unschooled veterinarian, and Rosa became enamored with each other. When Rosa Bonheur began her career as a professional artist, she had already been trained by her father who had allowed her to study in all male classes. Rosa also learned by sketching masterworks at the Louvre from the age of fourteen, and later, by studying with Léon Cogniet. From the very beginning, Bonheur's favorite subject was animals. She learned their anatomy completely by dissecting them in local slaughterhouses. She also visited the horse market two times a week. Study of animals by direct observation led to the formation of the realist style in which Bonheur worked. It was for such work that Bonheur obtained written permission from the French government to wear men's slacks. Her working attire also consisted of a loose smock and heavy boots that protected her feet from the dangerous environment in which she painted. The style of dress that the artist adopted for work and home may well have been influenced by her father's attire, which was based on St. Simeonian clothing experiments. Bonheur also cropped her hair, perhaps to facilitate her work. She did, however, always wear dresses for social occasions because she knew that appropriate dress would further her career. Bonheur earned a successful living as a painter of animals. She exhibited at the annual Paris Salon regularly from the age of nineteen in 1841 through 1853, when she was thirty-one. She won the salon's gold medal at the age of twenty-six in 1848 and was commissioned by the French government to paint Plowing on the Nivernais in 1849. In the same year Bonheur and her sister Juliette became directors of l'École gratuite de dessin pour les jeunes filles, a post their father had once held. Bonheur completed her most renowned work, The Horse Fair, in 1855. The successful representation of percherons (a breed native to Normandy) was purchased by Ernest Gambart, a London art dealer whose gallery specialized in work by French artists. He exhibited The Horse Fair in London where Bonheur visited with Nathalie. Queen Victoria requested a private viewing of the painting at Windsor Castle. It would later be purchased in 1887 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and donated to the new Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bonheur's trip to England allowed her to meet Charles Eastlake, then President of the Royal Academy, John Ruskin, the English writer and critic, and Edwin Landseer, the British animalier. She also toured the English and Scottish countrysides and executed some paintings based on her observations of new breeds of animals found there. Gambart made engravings of Bonheur's work, including The Horse Fair, and sold them in England, Europe, and the United States. Bonheur became one of the most renowned painters of the time. Little girls, such as Anna Klumpke in the United States, even had dolls in her likeness, much as American girls played with Shirley Temple dolls...

This impressive 18th-century French cast iron horse head ornament is a striking piece of architectural decor originally designed as an exterior embellishment for a grand estate or st...

Jeff Koons "Balloon Swan (Yellow)" Porcelain Edition Jeff Koons, a leading figure in contemporary art, is renowned for his ability to transform everyday objects into high art. This ...

French Art Deco stoneware parakeet by Paul MILET, 8, rue Troyon, Sèvres, France, 1930s. Height : 24cm - 9.45 in. , Width : 9.2cm - 3.6 in., Depth : 12cm-4.7in. Stamped under the base...

French Modern Brass Scorpion Signed Alain Chervet. This stunning Hollywood Regency French brass scorpion signed by master sculptor, Alain Chervet 1978 can be used as a sculpture or c...

Art deco bronze around 1930 Deer with brown patina on a bacxia marble base signed on the marble L Alliot and stamped bronze on the deer. In very good shape. Length: 47cm Width: 10...

An big bird ceramic sculpture by Jacques Pouchain France 1960s Atelier Dieulefit. Rare model. Signed under. Report : a small chip on the tail ( please refer to the pictures ) .

A finely patinated French antique bronze by Ferdinand Barbedienne portraying a a young boy caressing a large goose. The figure is mounted on an a...

A fine figural frosted glass owl paperweight. By Lalique. Entitled Chouette. With a molded owl with frosted wings perched on a clear cylindric...

Very pretty and styled Art Deco ceramic German shepherd dog sculpture in white crackled glaze. Charles Louis Eugène Virion (1865-1946) was...

Sculpture of a pair of Sphinxes in white marble, contemporary work in the taste of Ancient Egypt, XXIst century. Sculpture of a pair of sphinxes in white marble, contemporary work i...

French handmade stone statue in stone Madonna and Child. As you can see from the photos, the Mother and the Child exchange an expressive look full of tenderness. The directing style ...

Art Deco style lamp monkey with umbrella PLUIE by Max Le Verrier. Patinated metal on marble base, frosted glass umbrella shade. Design 1927. Po...

Grand wall mounted sculpture or statue of a French Butcher's Shop trade sign horse head. Constructed from cast iron with a later black painted finish. The horse bust is mounted to a ...

Lovely set of 3 variable height crane birds. Very decorative set. Sold and priced as a set. Good original condition. France, 1960s. Measures...

French Art Deco ceramic skye terrier sculpture by Santiago Rodriguez Bonome, France, 1920s. Height: 9.65"(24.5cm) , Width: 14.2"(36cm), Depth: 5.1"(13cm). Inciseded signature "SR BONOME PARIS" under the belly (see photo). Many works are exhibited in different museums: Paris, National Museum of Modern Art - National Center of Art and Culture Georges-Pompidou La Rochelle Spain, Valle-Inclan Foundation Spain, Museum of Lugo Spain, Caixanova Collection... Spain, Prado Museum in Madrid Born in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in 1901, son of Evaristo Rodriguez Bréa and Antonia Bonome Pérez, he worked very young in his father's humble cabinetmaking workshop. Little attracted by this job, when his father asks him what he wants to do: "sculptor" he answers. He therefore entered, at the age of 13, in the religious imagery workshop of José Rivas, at the foot of this cathedral which he admired so much, then at the age of 18 in that of Enrique Carballido. "Because he is so, so young, Bonome! Ridiculously young said a critic, who probably did not know that these years of apprenticeship, of real apprenticeship as an apprentice in a real workshop (a saint a day and strongly, for all the processions, all the chapels and all the devotees of the province) are each worth four years -at least- of study in an academy..." Margarita Nelken (Madrid 1932) In 1924, he left for Madrid where he exhibited at the Galician Center, at the National Exhibition and then in La Coruña. In 1925, at the Galicia Center in Buenos Aires he sold almost 30 of his works. From 1926 to 1927 he exhibited in Barcelona, at the Venice Biennale then in Monza (Italy) where he met Pirandello, then in Havana. In 1929 he arrived in Paris where Lucas Moreno...

Vintage "Panther" in patinated and sculpted bronze. 1970s

This refined and important Art Deco stylized ceramic Panther sculpture was realized in France for Atelier Primavera au Printemps, circa 1925. It offers an elegantly striding earthenw...

Rare large French Art Deco elephant sculpture by Charles LEMANCEAU at Saint-Clement (Luneville), France, 1920s. French Art Deco ceramic. Width: 18.5"(47cm), Height: 11.8"(30cm), Dep...

Bofill silvered bronze owl - Hibou Desk Paperweight / Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. France 1910-15. Silver plated bronze, signed. Excellent original conditions. HIBOU Par Antoine Bofi...

They are in Miami. We offer free shipping in Florida. They were exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)" In the photos you can see a pair of lions of...

This stunning mid-20th century handcrafted and mouth-blown glass sculpture by the renowned Daum France is a true masterpiece. It beautifully captures the majestic polar bear standing...

French Art Deco Lion Statue by Moulin-des-Loups (Orchies), France, 1920s.This rare and striking ceramic lion statue, crafted by the renowned Moulin...

French white ceramic lioness, France, 1920s. Width: 17.7"(45cm), Height: 5.5"(14cm), Depth: 3.5"(9cm). Some tiny surface imperfections due to the technique in this period

A charming seated glazed ceramic black cat with yellow glass eyes and gilt bow around neck. What I find most appealing about this feline is the rather se...

Spectacular piece of cracked ceramic that captures the essence of the Art Deco period. This stunning work of art features two stylized lionesses in full motion, evoking the grace and...

Terracotta bulldog Bavent Filmont, circa 1900.

Auguste Charles Heng (1891-1968) Art Deco ceramic and gold enameled Peacock Pigeon manufactured by Boulogne- Billancourt Signed both by the artist and the manufacturer.

Mid-20th century cast stone garden sculpture lion seated on plinth with one paw raised. Beautiful detail of head and mane. Some natural patina a...

French Alabaster Sculpture, France, Late 19th Century – Monkey Smoking a Pipe. This delightful French alabaster sculpture, created at the end of the 19th century, depicts a monkey leisurely smoking a pipe. The sculpture is crafted in alabaster, with intricately detailed features that capture the playful yet thoughtful expression of the monkey. Notably, the eyes are made of glass, adding a unique touch of realism to the piece. Dimensions: Height: 9.8" (25 cm), Width: 6.7" (17 cm), Depth: 4.4" (11.2 cm). The sculpture is in good condition, with only slight scratches and small chips on the base, which are consistent with age. A whimsical and charming example of late 19th-century French sculpture, this piece would make an intriguing addition to any collection of animal-themed art or antique stone...

French Majolica elephant money bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930.

A 'Rearing Horse' Car mascot / Hood Ornament by Jacques Cartier, French, circa 1920-25, Signed, pure Art Deco styling, nickel plated bronze, mounted on a marble display base...

Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Lion crushing a Snake. Bronze with a brown patina signed Barye on the left hand side of the base. The bronze sculpture is sitting on a black m...

French bronze figure of a striding lion, circa 1860 Signed by Louis Vidal (1831-1892).

Exceptional Art Deco sculpture/lamp by Max Le Verrier (1891-1973) representing a monkey under an umbrella. It is titled "The Rain" or "Monkey with an Umbrella". Model created around 1925-1927...

An Art Deco ceramic elephant with crackle glaze. Produced by the Sainte-Radegonde ceramic Factory who were renown for it's diverse range of ceramics and for their collaboration with ...

This stunning French Art Deco crackle-glazed cubist ceramic sculpture is extremely rare, both by the color and the model. The sculpture was designed and manufactured in Saint-Clement...

Rustic Primitive Hand Carved Goat Bell, circa 1950 Manufactured in France. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use.

19th century antique bird paperweight/hunting trophy in chased and patinated bronze on a gold marble base. Signed HINGRE (Louis Théophile Hingre...

This set of 3 small decorative owls is made of brass. This is a French work. Circa 1970

Bronze figure of 'Elephant of Senegal'. Signed Barye and inscribed 'F. Barbedienne Fondeur'. Literature: Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A119, pp. 250-3.

Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.

19th century antique bird paperweight/hunting trophy in chased and patinated bronze on a marble base, after Comolera. Mounted on red marble.

Decorate an outside front door or a backyard with this elegant "Tortue" (French for turtle). Crafted in southern France and made of cast stone, the heavy tortoise is set on its flat ...

Isidore-Jules Bonheur (French, 1827–1901) A Rare Gilt and Patinated Bronze Jockey on A Horse, circa 1875. Introducing a truly exceptional and highly s...

Art Deco Georges H. Laurent horse bookends bronze sculpture. c 1925 France. A stunning pair of art deco stylized bookends. Silvered plated bronze Both signed. Mounted over black mar...