After Antoine- Louis Barye

After ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (France, 1795 - 1875).
"Lion". 20th century edition.
Bronze glued to wood.
Signed.
Measurements: 21 x 41 x 3 cm (bronze).
Key sculptor of the French romanticism, Barye initiated his formation next to his father, goldsmith, and later he extended it with the teachers François Joseph Bosio and Antoine-Jean Gros, in the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris, where he entered in 1818. Especially appreciated were his animalistic sculptures, largely initiators of the genre. He had his own foundry, collaborated with Viollet-le-Duc on a project commissioned by Napoleon III and was the teacher of Auguste Rodin. He presented his works at the Paris Salon, and created monuments such as the "Lion with Serpent" in the Tuileries Garden (1833), commissioned by the king. He is currently represented in the Louvre and Orsay Museums in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Albertina in Vienna, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., among other museums around the world.