Santiago Rodriguez Bonome French Art Deco Ceramic Panther Sculpture, 1940s

Very rare French Art Deco ceramic bear sculpture by Santiago Rodriguez Bonome, France, 1920s. Superb work by Bonome with in a fantastic green. Height: 11.8"(30cm) , Width: 20.8"(53cm...

French Art Deco ceramic fish sculpture by Santiago Rodriguez Bonome, France, 1920s. Superb work with Bonome's specific colors : green, red and blue. Height: 15.2"(38.7cm) , Width: 14...

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...

French Art Deco ceramic panther at Sainte-Radegonde's, France, 1920s. Width: 19.6"(50cm), Height: 9.4"(23.8cm), Depth: 4.5"(11.5cm). Sainte-Radegonde's label.

Bibliography: For an illustration of this model, see: Hardy, Alain-Rene´. Primavera 1912-1972: Atelier d'Art du Printemps. Dijon: E´ditions Faton & Vingtie`me Plus, 2014. p. 372. ...

Strikingly stylized and abstracted, yet sumptuously finished in lustrous glazes in tones of tan and ruddy brown, this long, lean sculpture is the perfect embodiment of Art Deco desig...

Italian ceramic, perfect condition, produced in 1960s. We have also medium and large black panthers, check our products.

Art Deco Kangaroo ceramic vide poche Aladin France 1940s Marked Aladin France on the base. H 27.5 cm - 11 x 11 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects